New Cars

[dilligaf0]

I see all these ads for new cars with safety features. Lane drift, blind spot warning, and auto-braking. I just wonder how human nature will take advantage of these.
Will it be like phone numbers? Personally, I can't remember someone's phone number anymore because I depend on it being in my phone. 20 years age it was the opposite.

 

[LilyEvans]

Personally I'm ready for the self-driving cars.

 

[Bocefish]

Personally I'm ready for the self-driving cars.

No thanks... there's no way I'm trusting some programmed computer drive my vehicle. Who is liable if it crashes or hits another vehicle while parking itself? Auto-pilot for a plane in the air is one thing when you have the entire sky to maneuver, but not in heavy traffic.

I do like the back up cameras and some other safety features though.

 

[Shaun__]

Personally I'm ready for the self-driving cars.

I hate driving, especially when I have to go visit my father, or grandmother. The hour and half drive is so tedious, and I always have to worry about traffic miles in front of me doing something stupid that leaves me crawling forward at 5 or 10 mph.

 

[Zoomer]

I love driving, but only because I enjoy my car
So this wouldn't make me lazy... but it may give increased confidence to pay attention to things of interest which people may not otherwise. That could be risky, especially if you're then in a different car type, as this may not mean laziness per se, more a general decline in attention.

By this I mean rubbernecking (accident sites) or ogling (anything attractive). You may have taken furtive glances before, now they may really stare as they "trust" that the car will tell them if something is going wrong.
Whether that actually happens remains to be seen.

 

[Brad]

I enjoy driving and I think the blind spot warning systems are a good idea. Not sure about the rest but my cars don't have any of it so no real life experience yet either.

 

[LuckySmiles]

you're still not allowed to operate the self driving car after a few drinks.. so I mean... that's no fun. and then i think it's worse.. it's saying you have to be aware but could fall asleep out of boredom because you're not doing anything anyways. Like have to half ass pay attention. MEh.

also the parking features... I'm THE shit at parallel parking... do they judge the spot first for you?? like... "sorry lady it's not going to fit" I'd get mad like F U do eet!! Because I can make it fit. oh... i can make it fit. ba dump pshh. but seriously ?

 

[DuoShi]

you're still not allowed to operate the self driving car after a few drinks.. so I mean... that's no fun. and then i think it's worse.. it's saying you have to be aware but could fall asleep out of boredom because you're not doing anything anyways. Like have to half ass pay attention. MEh.

also the parking features... I'm THE shit at parallel parking... do they judge the spot first for you?? like... "sorry lady it's not going to fit" I'd get mad like F U do eet!! Because I can make it fit. oh... i can make it fit. ba dump pshh. but seriously ?

I'm all for the no drinking and the attentiveness. I believe it would be a bad idea to rely on self driving in that car, so it should be required to still be able to drive if you need to manually take control. As far as parking goes, *shrug*

 

[LuckySmiles]

you're still not allowed to operate the self driving car after a few drinks.. so I mean... that's no fun. and then i think it's worse.. it's saying you have to be aware but could fall asleep out of boredom because you're not doing anything anyways. Like have to half ass pay attention. MEh.

also the parking features... I'm THE shit at parallel parking... do they judge the spot first for you?? like... "sorry lady it's not going to fit" I'd get mad like F U do eet!! Because I can make it fit. oh... i can make it fit. ba dump pshh. but seriously ?

I'm all for the no drinking and the attentiveness. I believe it would be a bad idea to rely on self driving in that car, so it should be required to still be able to drive if you need to manually take control. As far as parking goes, *shrug*

I get that but I mean, I don't get the point then I guess since it can't be trusted to do it all. I feel like it would just make everyone worse drivers in a way? If that makes sense. When you're driving *most* people pay attention all the time. If a car is driving for you, it's like ok cool car you got this while I'm taking some extra pics of this beautiful scenery I've never noticed.. you know? Im having trouble seeing the benefit I guess.

 

[Camgirl]

I believe it makes things safer for those of us that learned how to drive before the features existed. For us it is just a secondary safety feature.

Once these types of things become more standard I think it is going to create a bunch of really shitty drivers.

Defensive driving skills is an excellent safety feature, IMHO.

 

[goldenaye666]

Still hoping for the flying cars Back To The Future had existing in 2015.

 

[Jillybean]

Yeah I'm that person who drives a manual because it's like having sex with your car. I feel like driving can be an intimate moment between your machine and you. There's nothing like replacing your exhaust or installing a new turbo in your little tuner car and then feeling the differences. Mr. Bean drives a Cobalt SS and loves fucking with it and I can't wait to pay off my BRZ so I can install a turbo kit in it.

I like driving to be as interactive as possible. No. I don't want self-driving cars. Ever.

I also have zero commute and only drive when I want to... So maybe that has a lot to do with it. Driving is always a pleasurable experience for me and never really something I'm doing to get somewhere.

 

[HiGirlsRHot]

The statistics are pretty clear the safety features save lives. There is roughly 1/3 the chance of being killed or injured compared to when I started driving.

I've had fun cars to drive for most of my life and my current car is both crazy fast, and ridiculously safe (no one has died yet driving one.)

However, watching my friends have the awful experience of taking their parents (especially dad's) keys away, I am really thankful that in in 30+ years when I probably should think of giving up driving I'll have the option of having a self-driving car.

Frankly plenty of young people need a self-driving car when they have had too much booze or drugs to be behind the wheel.

 

[dilligaf0]

One of my concerns is if a car auto brakes and warns me if I'm straying out of my lane, what stops someone from saying "my car does all this so I can text while I'm driving and do it safely".

 

[Shaun__]

One of my concerns is if a car auto brakes and warns me if I'm straying out of my lane, what stops someone from saying "my car does all this so I can text while I'm driving and do it safely".

They are already doing that, so it would have to safer if the car at least was paying attention to the road.

 

[HiGirlsRHot]

One of my concerns is if a car auto brakes and warns me if I'm straying out of my lane, what stops someone from saying "my car does all this so I can text while I'm driving and do it safely".

Well lets compare 40+ years ago the in car distractions were limited to talking,eating, putting on make up, looking at map, or finding one out of a few dozen or AM/FM stations.
All those remain, plus futzing with bluetooth, GPS, cars control system, talking on the phone, looking at your phone, texting, playing with your tablet/notebook, surfing the web (on my car anyhow), or paying attention to any of a dozen other screens.

Yet despite these distractions it is hell of a lot safer to drive now than it was in the simpler times and I don't think it is because we are all better drivers.

 

[Bocefish]

The Asiana flight that crashed last year is a perfect example why I don't like that automated driver stuff.

http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/06/24/449 ... s-actions/

The Asiana flight crew "over-relied on automated systems that they did not fully understand," said Chris Hart, the NTSB's acting chairman.

 

[eyeteach]

Yeah I'm that person who drives a manual because it's like having sex with your car. I feel like driving can be an intimate moment between your machine and you. There's nothing like replacing your exhaust or installing a new turbo in your little tuner car and then feeling the differences. Mr. Bean drives a Cobalt SS and loves fucking with it and I can't wait to pay off my BRZ so I can install a turbo kit in it.

I like driving to be as interactive as possible. No. I don't want self-driving cars. Ever.

I also have zero commute and only drive when I want to... So maybe that has a lot to do with it. Driving is always a pleasurable experience for me and never really something I'm doing to get somewhe.

Wanna come take a ride in my truck sometime? It's a stick shift.