On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Jesse Lackey wr= ote: > Large-scale driverless vehicles will usher in societal change on the > scale of the internet and cell phones. The possibilities are near > endless, once one starts thinking about never having to drive (work > during commute time), automated deliveries, higher speed driving on very > dense roads b/c of vehicle to vehicle coordination, ability to centrally > plan routing of many thousands of cars in a metropolitan area minute by > minute, knowing within 5 minutes how long a 30 mile drive in dense > traffic will take, ability to prioritize some vehicles over others, your > car parks itself and meets you when you want it to, on and on and on. > Revolution. > > Not that it will be easy or fast, but it will happen. Huge gains in > safety, convenience, and efficiency/cost drive it all (pardon the pun.) > But an entire class of lower-middle-class careers will disappear. > > J > > > YES NOPE9 wrote: > > Presume that claims for Google cars or other driverless cars are > > valid...... that is , a driverless car is safer than a human-piloted > > one... > > > > Does it make sense that driverless trucks would be safer, more fuel > > efficient and very clever at routing ? Perhaps trucks could pick up > > and drop off loads without human intervention. Shipments could be > > routed for maximum cost saving without regard to transit time..... No > > humans touch the boxes from start to finish. 99guspuppet > > Somebody once said that we overestimate technological change in the short term (flying cars) but underestimate it in the long term (Internet). Personally, I hope to live another 30-40 years to see what technology brings us. --=20 Carey Fisher Chief Technical Officer New Communications Solutions, LLC 678-999-3956 careyfisher@ncsradio.com --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .