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Mercedes Autonomous long-distance drive on S500 Intelligent Drive!!

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Old 09-10-2013, 02:29 AM
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Mercedes Autonomous long-distance drive on S500 Intelligent Drive!!

I don't know if this has been posted yet, but I was pretty impressed with this when I first saw it. Just imagine how close we are to this technology..

Mercedes did take a "big step forward"



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKqJc...e&noredirect=1

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This is going to be a disaster in major cities. The only thing that stops pedestrians from crossing streets right now is the thought that a car will hit them. When all cars are programmed to stop for them, it is going to bring traffic to a halt because people are going to keep going even when the car is supposed to have the right-of-way
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Originally Posted by GoBlando
This is going to be a disaster in major cities. The only thing that stops pedestrians from crossing streets right now is the thought that a car will hit them. When all cars are programmed to stop for them, it is going to bring traffic to a halt because people are going to keep going even when the car is supposed to have the right-of-way
Great excuse for cops to start giving tickets to pedestrians . The way things are heading, cars will just be robots with a simple purpose of getting us from A to B and will not make any traffic violations in the process. Driving licenses will not be necessary - you just get in a car and tell it where you want it to take you.

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