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28-10-2018, 08:40 PM
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Hi Mups
I personally would love to live long enough to be able to make use of driverless cars ,they cant come soon enough for me.
I think theyre going to be very useful in enabling people to get about who wouldnt otherwise be able...not everyone feels able to use public transport so these driverless cars could help them get about.
If theres a market for them they will be made.
You made my point more elegantly than I.
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28-10-2018, 08:49 PM
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Re: Driverless Cars

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Hi Mups
I personally would love to live long enough to be able to make use of driverless cars ,they cant come soon enough for me.
I think theyre going to be very useful in enabling people to get about who wouldnt otherwise be able...not everyone feels able to use public transport so these driverless cars could help them get about.
If theres a market for them they will be made.

Hi Aysa ,

When you say "for people that otherwise wouldn't be able to", do you mean for people who can't drive a normal car, like perhaps, disabled drivers, or perhaps people who have never passed their test?

I wonder if they will require a new driving test?
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28-10-2018, 08:52 PM
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Re: Driverless Cars

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I wonder if they will require a new driving test?
If they are not going to drive why would they need to be tested?

Interesting point though. Who will hold the licence?
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28-10-2018, 08:58 PM
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Re: Driverless Cars

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If they are not going to drive why would they need to be tested?

Interesting point though. Who will hold the licence?

So if you were hit by a driverless car by someone who had never passed a test and had no driving licence, what would your insurers say I wonder?
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28-10-2018, 09:13 PM
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So if you were hit by a driverless car by someone who had never passed a test and had no driving licence, what would your insurers say I wonder?
Another interesting point.
Well, you wouldn't be hit by someone since there is no driver so no driver's licence to revoke. No doubt the vehicle would have to be insured. That, I think, would be the route the prosecution would have to pursue.
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28-10-2018, 09:26 PM
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Driverless Cars
What is the point?
They scare the hell out of me Mups
And as for electric cars, three words,
winter power cuts ....
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28-10-2018, 09:30 PM
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Re: Driverless Cars

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Hi Aysa ,

When you say "for people that otherwise wouldn't be able to", do you mean for people who can't drive a normal car, like perhaps, disabled drivers, or perhaps people who have never passed their test?

I wonder if they will require a new driving test?
Yes and anyone else who cant access cars which they need to actually drive.
I think it could open up a whole world of possibilities for these people.
Also im a driver but I dont like to drive long journeys to places that are strange to me so I cant wait until I can jump into one of these driverless cars and be driven without the hassle and stress of doing the driving.
It would in effect give people who used them no need to obtain a driving licence as they would just be the "users" so to speak.
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Re: Driverless Cars

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They scare the hell out of me Mups
And as for electric cars, three words,
winter power cuts ....
Somewhat off topic but....
For EVs to go mainstream would require a radical rethink of our national grid.
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28-10-2018, 10:45 PM
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Re: Driverless Cars

Mercedes Benz trialled a semi-autonomous artic in 2015. It needed a driver to be present but 99% of the time it drove itself

http://uk.businessinsider.com/merced...5-10?r=US&IR=T
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28-10-2018, 11:09 PM
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Re: Driverless Cars

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Mercedes Benz trialled a semi-autonomous artic in 2015. It needed a driver to be present but 99% of the time it drove itself

http://uk.businessinsider.com/merced...5-10?r=US&IR=T
Nice find.
 
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