How fast would you like a driverless car to go?

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On a 50-mph highway (human-driven), how fast should the car go?

1st choice: 45 mph
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2nd choice: 50 mph
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3rd choice: 55 mph
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Thankyou, I'm never quite sure about those 2 words.
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thedoc wrote:Thankyou, I'm never quite sure about those 2 words.
Actually doc, I was concerned it was a trick question as the British don't have an exact equivalent for mile. (now if she had used civilized instead of "civilised", I would have been at ease)

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Sorry, I was referring to lose and loose, not MPH and Miles per Hour. But it's OK I don't expect any serious response from VT, just abuse.
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Zero kph.
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WendyDarling wrote:Insulted by a question? Yes then?

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Hmm, what would one prefer? To relax and read a book and have a snooze for the next hour or would it be more fun to determinedly watch other cars' rear ends for an hour?

I hear that only "tech tards" would prefer to read and snooze.
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vegetariantaxidermy wrote:What is mph in the civilised world?
An Americanism and an anachronism.
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Greta wrote:
WendyDarling wrote:Insulted by a question? Yes then?

I'll weave you a basket, I promise.
Hmm, what would one prefer? To relax and read a book and have a snooze for the next hour or would it be more fun to determinedly watch other cars' rear ends for an hour?

I hear that only "tech tards" would prefer to read and snooze.
"...watch other cars' rear ends..." Are you alluding to something here (including watching smoke come out from the tailpipes)?

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Cars will soon be a thing of the past with human express magnetic impulse travel tubes, which will be able to accelerate a human being up to a designed 700mph but leading eventually to speeds up to 2000mph (depending on the length of the journey) and safely decelerate them back to zero arriving comfortably to their destination.

Planes, and conventional vehicles will be a thing of the past with travel to the other side of the world in less than a day.
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Hobbes' Choice wrote:Cars will soon be a thing of the past with human express magnetic impulse travel tubes, which will be able to accelerate a human being up to a designed 700mph but leading eventually to speeds up to 2000mph (depending on the length of the journey) and safely decelerate them back to zero arriving comfortably to their destination.

Planes, and conventional vehicles will be a thing of the past with travel to the other side of the world in less than a day.
I can imagine this eventually happening in east Asia but I can't see how a democratic society could possibly create that kind of new infrastructure because numerous properties would need to be taken over, not to mention interference from powerful legacy energy players.
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Hobbes' Choice wrote:Cars will soon be a thing of the past with human express magnetic impulse travel tubes, which will be able to accelerate a human being up to a designed 700mph but leading eventually to speeds up to 2000mph (depending on the length of the journey) and safely decelerate them back to zero arriving comfortably to their destination.

Planes, and conventional vehicles will be a thing of the past with travel to the other side of the world in less than a day.
Can you post articles that support your contention that cars will soon be a thing of the past. And since planes will be a thing of the past along with the conventional cars (your words), how do you expect to get from one side of the world to the other side? Any articles on this?

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Hobbes' Choice wrote: Planes, and conventional vehicles will be a thing of the past with travel to the other side of the world in less than a day.
Dream on, things like that have been predicted for about 100 years, but have not happened yet.
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Greta wrote: I hear that only "tech tards" would prefer to read and snooze.
There used to be a section of the Pa. turnpike that was a lot of fun to drive, west bound from past Berlin to the tunnels. I used to drive in in my '67 Mustang and would pass all the "timid tillies" going up the hill, did the same thing with my '70 Torino Cobra. Now it's been straightened out and is a lot less fun. I prefer to drive my own car safely, rather than have some computer, programmed by a driver illiterate, drive for me.
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thedoc wrote:
Greta wrote: I hear that only "tech tards" would prefer to read and snooze.
There used to be a section of the Pa. turnpike that was a lot of fun to drive, west bound from past Berlin to the tunnels. I used to drive in in my '67 Mustang and would pass all the "timid tillies" going up the hill, did the same thing with my '70 Torino Cobra. Now it's been straightened out and is a lot less fun. I prefer to drive my own car safely, rather than have some computer, programmed by a driver illiterate, drive for me.
You enjoy the sport of driving. I do not, and I have terrible directions and thus am unsafe when driving in unfamiliar territory so I have largely quit driving. Automatic cars would make me mobile again, especially since I have a bung foot and it hurts to walk. They would be a dream come true for me.
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Greta wrote:
thedoc wrote:
Greta wrote: I hear that only "tech tards" would prefer to read and snooze.
There used to be a section of the Pa. turnpike that was a lot of fun to drive, west bound from past Berlin to the tunnels. I used to drive in in my '67 Mustang and would pass all the "timid tillies" going up the hill, did the same thing with my '70 Torino Cobra. Now it's been straightened out and is a lot less fun. I prefer to drive my own car safely, rather than have some computer, programmed by a driver illiterate, drive for me.
You enjoy the sport of driving. I do not, and I have terrible directions and thus am unsafe when driving in unfamiliar territory so I have largely quit driving. Automatic cars would make me mobile again, especially since I have a bung foot and it hurts to walk. They would be a dream come true for me.
Have you ever used GPS technology?

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Greta wrote:
thedoc wrote:
Greta wrote: I hear that only "tech tards" would prefer to read and snooze.
There used to be a section of the Pa. turnpike that was a lot of fun to drive, west bound from past Berlin to the tunnels. I used to drive in in my '67 Mustang and would pass all the "timid tillies" going up the hill, did the same thing with my '70 Torino Cobra. Now it's been straightened out and is a lot less fun. I prefer to drive my own car safely, rather than have some computer, programmed by a driver illiterate, drive for me.
You enjoy the sport of driving. I do not, and I have terrible directions and thus am unsafe when driving in unfamiliar territory so I have largely quit driving. Automatic cars would make me mobile again, especially since I have a bung foot and it hurts to walk. They would be a dream come true for me.
Then you should embrace Driverless cars, and adopt the technology, but don't force it on everyone.
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