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    • art_of_shredA
      art_of_shred Banned @coliver
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      @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

      https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/03/volkswagen-unveils-sedric-its-first-fully-autonomous-vehicle/#p3

      The future is here.... and it looks like shit.

      So what's the point of headlights and tail lights if no one is driving it?
      Oh, and stop pushing your tree-hugger crap on me. A garden in the car? Really? Disgusting. They could have put a cooler or more storage there.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @art_of_shred
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        @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

        @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

        https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/03/volkswagen-unveils-sedric-its-first-fully-autonomous-vehicle/#p3

        The future is here.... and it looks like shit.

        So what's the point of headlights and tail lights if no one is driving it?

        Headlights to warn people that the car is coming. That way they don't step out in front of it in the darkness.

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        • art_of_shredA
          art_of_shred Banned @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

          https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/03/volkswagen-unveils-sedric-its-first-fully-autonomous-vehicle/#p3

          The future is here.... and it looks like shit.

          So what's the point of headlights and tail lights if no one is driving it?

          Headlights to warn people that the car is coming. That way they don't step out in front of it in the darkness.

          And tail lights so pedestrians don't walk into the back of it when it stops?

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @art_of_shred
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            @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

            @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

            https://arstechnica.com/cars/2017/03/volkswagen-unveils-sedric-its-first-fully-autonomous-vehicle/#p3

            The future is here.... and it looks like shit.

            So what's the point of headlights and tail lights if no one is driving it?

            Headlights to warn people that the car is coming. That way they don't step out in front of it in the darkness.

            And tail lights so pedestrians don't walk into the back of it when it stops?

            Exactly.

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            • JaredBuschJ
              JaredBusch
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              Also existing laws

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              • wirestyle22W
                wirestyle22 @coliver
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                @coliver we can rebuild him...but we don't want to spend a lot of money

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                • momurdaM
                  momurda @art_of_shred
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                  @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

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                  • art_of_shredA
                    art_of_shred Banned @momurda
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                    @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                    I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

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                    • coliverC
                      coliver @art_of_shred
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                      @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                      @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                      I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

                      On top of that, you could have automated lights that click on for the vehicle when it detects pedestrians. So that would conserve power, although high-intensity LEDs are pretty cheap as far as electric goes.

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                      • art_of_shredA
                        art_of_shred Banned @coliver
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                        @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                        @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                        I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

                        On top of that, you could have automated lights that click on for the vehicle when it detects pedestrians. So that would conserve power, although high-intensity LEDs are pretty cheap as far as electric goes.

                        Yeah, the entire concept of what we call a "car" would be up for redefinition in that case.

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                        • coliverC
                          coliver @art_of_shred
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                          @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                          @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                          I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

                          On top of that, you could have automated lights that click on for the vehicle when it detects pedestrians. So that would conserve power, although high-intensity LEDs are pretty cheap as far as electric goes.

                          Yeah, the entire concept of what we call a "car" would be up for redefinition in that case.

                          Agreed. Lots of needless things that benefit the driver would just go away. I'm not so sure about the rear facing seats though. Sounds like a trip to puke town to me.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender
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                            OK this is a pretty nice future

                            Youtube Video

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @coliver
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                              @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                              @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                              I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

                              On top of that, you could have automated lights that click on for the vehicle when it detects pedestrians. So that would conserve power, although high-intensity LEDs are pretty cheap as far as electric goes.

                              Yeah, the entire concept of what we call a "car" would be up for redefinition in that case.

                              Agreed. Lots of needless things that benefit the driver would just go away. I'm not so sure about the rear facing seats though. Sounds like a trip to puke town to me.

                              You've never been on a train in rear facing seats? or you just get sick when you do?

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller
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                                Italy: Two die as motorway bridge collapses near Ancona
                                http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39218467

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                                • coliverC
                                  coliver @Dashrender
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                                  @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                  @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                                  I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

                                  On top of that, you could have automated lights that click on for the vehicle when it detects pedestrians. So that would conserve power, although high-intensity LEDs are pretty cheap as far as electric goes.

                                  Yeah, the entire concept of what we call a "car" would be up for redefinition in that case.

                                  Agreed. Lots of needless things that benefit the driver would just go away. I'm not so sure about the rear facing seats though. Sounds like a trip to puke town to me.

                                  You've never been on a train in rear facing seats? or you just get sick when you do?

                                  I get sick when I do. Even turning my head to entertain my daughter in the back seat of a car makes me sicker then I would care to admit.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                                    @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                                    I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

                                    On top of that, you could have automated lights that click on for the vehicle when it detects pedestrians. So that would conserve power, although high-intensity LEDs are pretty cheap as far as electric goes.

                                    Yeah, the entire concept of what we call a "car" would be up for redefinition in that case.

                                    Agreed. Lots of needless things that benefit the driver would just go away. I'm not so sure about the rear facing seats though. Sounds like a trip to puke town to me.

                                    You've never been on a train in rear facing seats? or you just get sick when you do?

                                    We do that all the time.

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                                    • DashrenderD
                                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                      @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                                      I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

                                      On top of that, you could have automated lights that click on for the vehicle when it detects pedestrians. So that would conserve power, although high-intensity LEDs are pretty cheap as far as electric goes.

                                      Yeah, the entire concept of what we call a "car" would be up for redefinition in that case.

                                      Agreed. Lots of needless things that benefit the driver would just go away. I'm not so sure about the rear facing seats though. Sounds like a trip to puke town to me.

                                      You've never been on a train in rear facing seats? or you just get sick when you do?

                                      We do that all the time.

                                      I'm sorry, you do what? Get sick or ride in trains with rear facing seats?

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                                        @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                                        I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

                                        On top of that, you could have automated lights that click on for the vehicle when it detects pedestrians. So that would conserve power, although high-intensity LEDs are pretty cheap as far as electric goes.

                                        Yeah, the entire concept of what we call a "car" would be up for redefinition in that case.

                                        Agreed. Lots of needless things that benefit the driver would just go away. I'm not so sure about the rear facing seats though. Sounds like a trip to puke town to me.

                                        You've never been on a train in rear facing seats? or you just get sick when you do?

                                        We do that all the time.

                                        I'm sorry, you do what? Get sick or right in trains with rear facing seats?

                                        Take trains while facing backwards. In fact, I'm typing this while traveling on a train sitting backwards!! That's how often I do it.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @coliver
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                                          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @Dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @art_of_shred said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          @art_of_shred Headlights and taillights are more important to make sure others see you, not so the driver can see. Seeing as a driver with no lights on is easy. Other people cant see you though which is bad

                                          I guess my mind jumped ahead to a system where this was all of the vehicles, and not just an addition to the current ecosystem. If all cars are automated, and roads are set up for them, then some indicator lights make sense, but white lights in the front and red brake lights in the back are kind of unnecessary.

                                          On top of that, you could have automated lights that click on for the vehicle when it detects pedestrians. So that would conserve power, although high-intensity LEDs are pretty cheap as far as electric goes.

                                          Yeah, the entire concept of what we call a "car" would be up for redefinition in that case.

                                          Agreed. Lots of needless things that benefit the driver would just go away. I'm not so sure about the rear facing seats though. Sounds like a trip to puke town to me.

                                          You've never been on a train in rear facing seats? or you just get sick when you do?

                                          I get sick when I do. Even turning my head to entertain my daughter in the back seat of a car makes me sicker then I would care to admit.

                                          OIC. yeah, then this might not be the thing for you. I never had motion sickness until I took an ocean cruise. Flying(both commercial and 2 person planes), rock climbing, repelling, small personal boats, even 40 ft boats, never a problem. Then woke up at sea the first morning on a cruise, didn't feel right. An hour later I face planted while trying to walk... I was messed up. motion sickness meds cured me for the remainder of the trip.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller
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                                            @dominica can't ride backwards.

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