So you're that dude we encounter on road trips that we pass over and over again while we maintain the same speed because

Jun 26, 2017
4:21:34pm

Slim All-American

we are using cruise control and you aren't. I've always wondered who that guy was.

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I don't even use cruise control because it makes me feel like I'm not in control

gwalker

6/26/17 4:19pm

They'll be virus free, run on GPS tech only.

ToasterChive

6/26/17 4:20pm

Is there any such thing as "virus free" when computers are involved? If I'm

gwalker

6/26/17 4:21pm

GPS is nowhere near accurate enough for self driving cars

cheezedawg

6/26/17 4:21pm

Pair GPS with inertia sensors and you can be accurate to inches.

IGlowInTheDark

6/26/17 4:50pm

10 feet is the difference of driving on the road or on the sidewalk

cheezedawg

6/26/17 5:09pm

GPS tech + cameras + proximity sensors will do the trick.

Spine

6/26/17 6:47pm

Yeah- you need to combine gps with other localization techniques

cheezedawg

6/26/17 6:59pm

I would think GPS III would be ready by then and should improve accuracy

supertux

6/27/17 6:18am

the feeling of driving with cruise control is very different from the feeling of driving with adaptive cruise control. I

HarlemCoug

6/26/17 4:20pm

If you knew how much important stuff was already run entirely by computers,

SandYFan

6/26/17 4:20pm

Maybe, but I've been driving for over 30 years and I've been involved in one

gwalker

6/26/17 4:23pm

You are an outlier. Humans suck at driving.

SandYFan

6/26/17 4:24pm

I always leave extra space with the car in front of me.

JayCoug

6/26/17 4:26pm

So you're that dude we encounter on road trips that we pass over and over again while we maintain the same speed because

Slim

6/26/17 4:21pm

That was exactly my thought. People who don't use cruise control on the freeway

Schultz is back

6/26/17 4:29pm

There's a great quote about driverless cars, "they don't have to be perfect,

jaredm

6/26/17 4:23pm

The incidence of accidents while using driverless technology is already lower

SpecialT

6/26/17 4:24pm

Can it at least have a "driver's ed car" type override built in so the driver

gwalker

6/26/17 4:25pm

How old are you?

SandYFan

6/26/17 4:26pm

Mid to late 40s.

gwalker

6/26/17 4:26pm

47.5?

coolcats

6/26/17 4:29pm

I have control issues. I much prefer to run outside to running on a treadmill,

gwalker

6/26/17 4:29pm

I could see that causing a lot of accidents

Sea Chicken

6/26/17 4:32pm

you underestimate how terrible humans are at driving

Dissenter

6/26/17 4:41pm

It's awfully easy to turn your argument around. I think you guys are

gwalker

6/26/17 4:50pm

Plus, because a computer requires less reaction time, distance between vehicles

SpecialT

6/26/17 4:26pm

doesn't increasing speed actually cost more to run a vehicle. Slower and steady

Nat Gas Man

6/26/17 4:47pm

Correct-ish. In a vacuum of only one car you are correct. However, by going

Spine

6/26/17 6:55pm

I'm not sure this is actually true

boyblue

6/26/17 4:42pm

Anecdotal, but watch this:

SpecialT

6/26/17 4:50pm

Amazing video. Computers are so much better at this than we are.

SandYFan

6/26/17 4:52pm

If they actually were, they'd be widespread right now

boyblue

6/26/17 5:39pm

More anecdotal video

boyblue

6/26/17 4:58pm

Man, that moron that tried to exit late would've killed someone

IGlowInTheDark

6/26/17 5:04pm

The boar at the end would have been an accident for sure

Spine

6/26/17 6:58pm

So you're the guy who passes me, then gets passed, then passes again,

Lip Gallagher

6/26/17 4:29pm

Dang, Slim beat me to it. Obviously a legit point.

Lip Gallagher

6/26/17 4:30pm

I don't do much leapfrogging on long trips. Part of my control issues include

gwalker

6/26/17 4:32pm

Or just use the accelerate and decelerate buttons on cruise control

Baron

6/26/17 4:36pm

That involves not paying attention and then paying attention and then not paying

gwalker

6/26/17 4:37pm

When would you not be paying attention? I don't see

Baron

6/26/17 4:38pm

That sounds stressful and awful.

Lip Gallagher

6/26/17 4:37pm

I use it all the time. It's saved my many speeding tickets.

HighHorse

6/26/17 5:03pm

I use it a ton now that I have a car where I can adjust the speed up and down

Freddie Cougar

6/26/17 5:07pm

You're the guy who thinks math is more accurate with pencil/paper than w/Excel.

dYrtbYkerYder

6/26/17 5:15pm

Nope. I'm not anti-technology. Excel doesn't do anything I don't tell it to do.

gwalker

6/26/17 5:31pm

Not a user of macros I see ... j/k gwalker. I think you will be able to keep

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