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Originally Posted by tranquility
The tech will *eventually* get there, let's not kid ourselves. However, to do real life/world testing is just stupid, extremely reckless and dangerous, esp w the avg idiot behind the wheel.
I can't help but think this is just a crazily, overly-complicated solution for a 'prb' that no one is really asking to solve: ppl who don't like driving should just get chauffeurs or take the bus.
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I still question that when the technology "gets here" will it actually improve the driving environment. Usually for every introduction of new technology, new problems arise. If politicians and Waymo want to lower traffic deaths, we can solve that tomorrow, just lower the maximum speed limit to 25 MPH. Almost every modern car can prevent passenger deaths at speeds of 25 MPH.
That is a shit-load cheaper than implementing autonomous driving.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."