Uber to deploy driverless cars in Philadelphia

[esayaf]

I always knew that Uber was established to become a driverless car service.
Uber are going to deploy 100 driverless cars in Philadelphia.
A spokesperson from Volvo said that the price structure of Uber driverless cars may actually make private car travel economically unviable.
I can't wait. I'm really looking forward to not owning a vehicle and all the associated expense, especially when it spends more time sitting in my driveway doing nothing.
Now is the time to buy a pub too because with driverless cars pub culture will make a comeback as one won't be able to be charged with drink driving

[tasfleur]

Absolutely true esayaf, passenger aircraft are flown by computer, but there are pilots there to use their highly skilled training to take back control of the aircraft from the autopilot when something goes seriously wrong that cannot be managed by computer technology alone.

[youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit]

tas, it might be time for a song...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Bjcz5mo9o

[tasfleur]

Great song that, love his voice xx

[imastawka]

Not everybody recognises bike paths

[tasfleur]

That's so true Stawks xx

[myoclon1cjerk · Accepted solution]

It'll be good when they come up with the jobless job. You get paid for doing nothing. Oh hang on,they've already invented it. It's called Parliament.

[johcaschro]

A major issue with computer-controlled driverless cars is that the car's computer programme gets to decide whether to run its passengers into a tree or under a bus or off a cliff in conditions where to do otherwise might injure or kill someone else.

It's Azimov's First Law of Robotics. In a conflict of decision making for the robot car, the life or safety of the passenger of the driverless car might not be the first priority.

[esayaf]

It's quite possible that in some very extreme circumstances that there might be a loss of life from a driverless vehicle but I'm sure that a lot less people will be dying than currently do due to poor driving.
I'm pretty sure that they will be able to program a driverless vehicles to not drive through flood waters for a start.
I dare say that not having a driver will mean no more cabbies being bashed and murdered too.
My biggest concern is that I get car sick if I'm not doing the driving