Would you trust a car to drive itself?

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

Check your notifications, for your own dignity I have highlighted the post in question in private now stop contradicting yourself.

Just get a life. I'm not interested in anything else you have to say. Why can't you get that?

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

Just get a life. I'm not interested in anything else you have to say. Why can't you get that?

Because you keep on responding with contradiction after contradiction. Block me if you don't like what I say and My posts will never bother you again. I take it your lack of response on the matter means you admit you insulted me first then?

And back on topic.....

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by ZrByte

Because you keep on responding with contradiction after contradiction. Block me if you don't like what I say and My posts will never bother you again. I take it your lack of response on the matter means you admit you insulted me first then?

And back on topic.....

So you are going to harrass me into blocking you?? There is a name for people who do things like that in forums.

[ZrByte]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

So you are going to harrass me into blocking you?? There is a name for people who do things like that in forums.

Again ignoring the fact that you started the trolling. And are continuing to take the thread off topic. PM me if you want to keep it going. Just don't make another post on here because its not the place for it. I'm not responding to another o/t post from you on this thread and will report any further posts to the mods.

[haydnwalker]

They are kind of on the way...in a fashion: http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/2..._public_roads/

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by haydnwalker

They are kind of on the way...in a fashion: http://www.reghardware.com/2012/05/2..._public_roads/

Have you looked at the photos in your link?

Unless they are travelling at no more than 15mph, they are driving far too close. If they are driving at motorway speeds, then the system allowing them to drive so close could actually kill them.

It would be interesting to see the system working in Spanish city traffic instead

[Cobbydaler]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

Have you looked at the photos in your link?

Unless they are travelling at no more than 15mph, they are driving far too close. If they are driving at motorway speeds, then the system allowing them to drive so close could actually kill them.

It would be interesting to see the system working in Spanish city traffic instead

Originally Posted by The BBC

"Driving among other road-users is a great milestone in our project. It was truly thrilling," says Linda Wahlstroem, project manager for the Sartre project at Volvo Car Corporation

"We covered 200km in one day and the test turned out well. We're really delighted," she added.

The cars are fitted with special features such as cameras, radar and laser sensors - allowing the vehicle to monitor the lead vehicle and also other vehicles in their immediate vicinity. Using wireless communication, the vehicles in the platoon "mimic" the lead vehicle using autonomous control - accelerating, braking and turning in exactly the same way as the leader.

The vehicles drove at 85kph (52mph) with the gap between each vehicle just 6m (19ft).

"People think that autonomous driving is science fiction, but the fact is that the technology is already here. From the purely conceptual viewpoint, it works fine and road train will be around in one form or another in the future," says Ms Wahlstroem.

"We've focused really hard on changing as little as possible in existing systems. Everything should function without any infrastructure changes to the roads or expensive additional components in the cars.

"Apart from the software developed as part of the project, it is really only the wireless network installed between the cars that set them apart from other cars available in showrooms today."

The three-year Sartre project has been under way since 2009. Other partners include UK car technology firm Ricardo UK, Tecnalia Research & Innovation of Spain, Institut fur Kraftfahrzeuge Aachen (IKA) of Germany and the Technical Research Institute of Sweden.

All told, the vehicles in the project have covered about 10,000km on test circuits.

Link

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

Link

6m at 52mph

They would get nicked in this country for doing that.

[Hugh]

Strange - I have seen lots of cars on the motorways and A roads less than 20 feet apart, and never seen any of them nicked.

[jempalmer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc5JED8TgwI

[Hugh]

I think we need to get back to those days....

[dilligaf1701]

HHHmmm I can still see movement and shapes so a red flag would give me something to aim for

[jempalmer]

Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

HHHmmm I can still see movement and shapes so a red flag would give me something to aim for

Clarkson perhaps dilli? ;

[Tim Deegan]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Strange - I have seen lots of cars on the motorways and A roads less than 20 feet apart, and never seen any of them nicked.

Try doing it in front of a police car and see what happens.

Stopping Distances
http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum.../dg_188029.pdf

[Pierre]

Would you trust a car to drive itself?

Yes. When the technology is there.

I have already driven a Range Rover sport that has intelligent cruise control. When in cruise control on the motorway it controls it's speed to the car in front.

So if you're bombing along the outside line with the cruise set at 85, if a car pulls out in front of you or you catch up another vehicle the car brakes and matches the speed of the car infront, it's great.

Give it another 20 years and I don't doubt we'll have self drive cars