[gps-talkusers] Re: self driving car released in 2008

Let's hope that it's not a quiet car!! 


Claude Everett
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
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Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: self driving car released in 2008

Mike, I expect you to be the first blind guy to race in the Indi 500!   Jim

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From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 4:27 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: self driving car released in 2008


> Well, there is the DARPA project which pays one million or maybe it is 10 
> million for the autonomous vehicle which can complete a 200 mile course 
> without a driver. They used to do it in the dessert but they did it this 
> year including city traffic. A couple vehicles made the entire trip.
>
> Mike
>
> At 04:01 PM 3/31/2008, you wrote:
>>Here's something I got from another list that I thought was interesting.
>>
>>Bethnfb-talk@xxxxxxxxxx
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Granados" 
>><gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 4:13 PM
>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: self driving car released in 2008
>>
>>
>>>True in the US, not true in other countries to such a degree although for

>>>the most part you're absolutely right.  These are problems of a layer 8 
>>>nature though, not technical.  Things, especially auto related, tend to 
>>>be pretty far behind here in the states compared to Europe for example 
>>>for pretty much the reasons you list.
>>>    There's a lot of reasons not to get excited though on the technical 
>>> side.  Any sort of self driving cars, attended or otherwise, that 
>>> navigate the intire end to end process are a long long way off!  It is 
>>> an interesting incrimental step though.
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" 
>>><Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx>
>>>To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 12:01 PM
>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: self driving car released in 2008
>>>
>>>
>>>>Before we get too excited, a reality check.  Even if there were a car
>>>>that could actually drive itself, respond to traffic and road
>>>>conditions, etc., both governmental entities and insurance companies
>>>>would require the presence of a licensed driver in the vehicle, in case
>>>>of equipment failure.  The BART trains in the San Francisco Bay area are
>>>>completely computer controlled, but an operator must still be present on
>>>>each train to take over control if the system fails.
>>>>
>>>>Andy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
>>>>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 10:42 AM
>>>>To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [gps-talkusers] self driving car released in 2008
>>>>
>>>>Tangential to the topics on this list I know but GM is releasing
>>>>"traffic assist" which allows the car to drive itself, even and
>>>>especially in heavy traffic.  Using GPS, lasers, cameras and some
>>>>interesting artificial vision logic GM has a car that now can literally
>>>>drive itself.  Sure there's still need for a sited human operator but
>>>>not as much and the trend is an interesting one.  If you look at some of
>>>>the projections, some folks feel in 20 - 30 years there will be whole
>>>>lanes of most highways designated for automated / computer controled
>>>>driving.  One article I just read projected that there would be
>>>>dedicated lanes where humans would not be allowed to drive the car but
>>>>the top end speeds would exceed 150 to 200.  Since public transit is
>>>>impracticle, especially in the US, using micro vehicles that are self
>>>>driving has a lot of advantages and if the logic is beefed up enough
>>>>clearly we could be helped as well.  Not any time soon though.  Of
>>>>course, the way things are going, blindness could be a non starter of an
>>>>issue by the turn of this century anyway.  (wonder if we'll have self
>>>>navigating cars or artificial vision first?)
>>>>
>>>>Here's an interesting article dealing with GM's offering.
>>>>
>>>>http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=107011#
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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