Elderly Can Keep Driving Regardless of Physical Health Limitations

Ill be damn if im going to get into a self-driving car to take me to the doctor.

Ill stick with a taxi or a friend to take me there when my driving days are over.
 
I'm with you Davey, don't know how I would trust a self-driving car with my life, don't trust computers that much at all.
 

computer:where to master?

me: lets head to the beach?

Computer: arrived at destination,master

me: Where the hells all this water coming from?


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Self driving semi truck about to head out in Nevada, full article and video here. http://www.cnet.com/news/freightliner-autonomous-inspiration-truck/

LAS VEGAS -- Truckmaker Freightliner's newest commercial big rig can steer and drive itself, while the driver relaxes and enjoys the ride. No, I'm not talking about Autobot Ultra Magnus. It's the Freightliner Inspiration Truck, the first ever self-driving commercial truck to receive a road license plate for autonomous operation on public highways.

"Ninety percent of commercial truck accidents are due to driver error and one in eight of those are due to driver fatigue," states Freightliner head of Trucks and Buses Wolfgang Bernhard at an unveiling today at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Autonomous technology, the automaker went on to claim, can help curb long-haul fatigue by allowing a computer to handle the long, dull stretches of straight highway
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