self drive cars

Jimbo370 · 08-17-2016, 10:45 PM

ford says they will mass produce in 5 yrs. here is the link
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fords...2XgVlJ8Ms1e7o1

dvboy · 08-17-2016, 11:30 PM

This is great,my parents are getting to the age where driving is getting difficult for them,unfortunately this technology will be a little too late for them.When I think of self drive cars,I think about how it will give freedom to seniors,something that will benefit everyone eventually.

ChaseZ · 08-18-2016, 01:07 AM

Darwins Child · 08-18-2016, 11:52 AM

Thanks for the link. I'm 66, so this will impact me directly, although I have mixed feelings about being carted around in a Ford.

Fuzzzy · 08-18-2016, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darwins Child

Thanks for the link. I'm 66, so this will impact me directly, although I have mixed feelings about being carted around in a Ford.

When Ford manufactures one, they should just shape it like a coffin and save your survivors the additional expense.

kenchan · 08-18-2016, 01:08 PM

People say a lot of things. Want to see it work in real life.

Darwins Child · 08-18-2016, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kenchan

People say a lot of things. Want to see it work in real life.

..........in Edmonton, Alberta, in a snowstorm, when it's -35C. I'm betting that shortly after our shiny new driver-less Ford drives us out of our garage for the first time in those conditions, it'll "decide" to drive right back in with some nice computerized voice saying something to the effect that the streets are too dangerous to navigate.

BTW, how do you tell a self-drive vehicle to drive up onto a pair of ramps and to stop before going off their ends?

I suppose a DIYr working on these things will also be absolutely out of the question (as far as the local Ford stealership is concerned, anyway).

Speeding may also be a thing of the past. How fast is too fast for "safety"?

Because a self-driving vehicle may be constantly connected to something like a wireless internet, etc., the arrival of a scheduled maintenance "event" might be interesting. Maybe when that happens the one and only place the vehicle will transport its owner is a Ford stealership. Maybe it'll even go there by itself.

kenchan · 08-18-2016, 01:52 PM

Yah good points.

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Darwins Child Base Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Canada Posts: 165 Drives: '14 Z Tour+Sport 7AT Rep Power: 9	Thanks for the link. I'm 66, so this will impact me directly, although I have mixed feelings about being carted around in a Ford.

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	Yah good points.