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On Jun 3, 2015 7:37 PM, "tom" <<a href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com">thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 06/03/2015 06:06 PM, R P Herrold wrote:<br>
> > On Tue, 2 Jun 2015, Jeff Frontz wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 9:07 PM, tom <<a href="mailto:thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com">thomas.w.cranston@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >><br>
> >>> On 06/02/2015 05:59 PM, Jeff Frontz wrote:<br>
> >>>> you keep careening toward the embankment<br>
> >> When you're in a "fly-by-wire" car, the computer is between you and the<br>
> >> ignition/transmission. If the task that pays attention to driver input<br>
> >> drops core, there is no way to "turn off the ignition, put it in neutral,<br>
> >> put it in low gear, etc."<br>
> > not just a hypothetical concern ...<br>
> ><br>
> > or standing outside it as an innocent bystander<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nnhUCtcO8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nnhUCtcO8</a><br>
> ><br>
> > -- Russ herrold<br>
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> Most of the cars on the road are not entirely drive by wire. Your point<br>
> about drive by wire is well taken. I was surprised the people driving<br>
> those corollas never thought of either:<br>
><br>
> Turn off the ignition<br>
> Put it in neutral - let the engine blow up.<br>
> Engage the hydraulically actuated clutch<br>
> Throw on the parking brake<br>
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> I do not think drive by wire or self driving cars are a great idea. They<br>
> can't get automatic transmissions to shift as well as humans, so I don't<br>
> see how they can expect to build a self driver, unless only the few<br>
> privileged are allowed to drive. What's going to happen when the<br>
> Internet goes down? That's going to happen!<br>
><br>
> Tom<br>
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<p dir="ltr">What scares me the most is that the self driving car is going to create a large number of people that will not know how to drive. For those emergencies when they need to they will not know what to do.</p>