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    G1 Google Phone Designers Reinvent the Automobile
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/06/09

    In reply to G1 Google Phone Designers Reinvent the Automobile
    So it's like the donkey and cart of the future.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/06/09

    In reply to G1 Google Phone Designers Reinvent the Automobile
    This seems like it would be a better design for a monorail than for a car.
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    Image of Greg Lloyd Greg Lloyd
    07/06/09

    In reply to G1 Google Phone Designers Reinvent the Automobile
    Look kids, Big Ben!
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    07/06/09

    @Greg Lloyd: Parliament.


    I just can't seem to get to the right.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/06/09

    In reply to G1 Google Phone Designers Reinvent the Automobile

    I can't imagine our car-crazy culture going for such a big change in how we get around, but this seems just right for urban environments where traffic prevents us from moving at any type of real speed anyways.

    New to the city is ya?

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    07/06/09

    In reply to G1 Google Phone Designers Reinvent the Automobile
    It's slow, can't be controlled, and runs on solar power! Americans will LOVE it!!
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/06/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Slow, can't be controlled...are we talking about this car or the US Government?
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    Image of unibrow4o9 unibrow4o9
    07/06/09

    In reply to G1 Google Phone Designers Reinvent the Automobile
    I'm not sure I'd be really into riding a vehicle that under no circumstance I could control...
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    07/06/09

    @unibrow4o9: People used to be terrified of riding elevators. This is more or less the same thing. I can imagine people in autonomous cars in 70 years or so. Or at least partially autonomous cars that will drive you around a parking lot, etc.
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    Image of Raziel66 Raziel66
    07/06/09

    @unibrow4o9: Can you fly a plane? Handle a train? Captain a ship? Control an automated monorail system?


    People ride in vehicles they can't control all the time. A car would be no different and would actually make the roads safer.

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    Image of Justin Paulson Justin Paulson
    07/06/09

    @Raziel66: It really all depends on the system that is used to implement these autonomous cars. Machines/Computers are not error-proof when they are running software written by humans.
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    07/06/09

    @Justinpaulson: But eventually, it is possible to have a virtually error-proof automated traffic system. It will never be possible to have perfect human drivers.
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