They say by 2040 the cars will be driving themselves around. We won't need to know how to drive.We already have cars that can parallel park themselves now. They also say we wont need traffic sings anymore cause these cars won't need them. I would not feel safe in one of these cars! I don't know how you guys feel about it but I would be afraid of something going wrong with the robot/computer system in the car and being stuck somewhere not knowing how to fix the problem, it wont be as easy as changing a tire. They have already made 2 cars that they have tested that are self driving. They tested it on a 8,000 mile road trip in 2010. They are made to follow the road and find and avoid obstacles. They have sensors on them that scene stuff around them like other cars. The car would be conected to what they call a central station that knows where it is and it send signals to it for speed and traffic information so it can go through intersections and not hit things.I don't really know what to say about this its so weird yet so cool.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/18/tech/innovation/ieee-2040-cars/index.html?npt=NP1
I guess we have to post a comment or something.. So does that mean that there will be no age limit on starting to drive like it is now?
ReplyDeletejust think if there wasnt an age limit. you could have five year olds taking the car for a drive, to go to a friends house or the park, then what? someone could steal the little kid from the park and the car couldnt stop it, not unless it was a transformer.... :)
DeleteYes these cars sound amazing but yet how can you trust that it won't hit another car or something else. I don't think I would feel safe in this kind of car. I would rather drive beacause then atleast I have some control of the car than having no control at all.
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