Self driving buses, trains, trucks etc

AndrewJRenko · 11-01-2021 10:05pm

GT89 wrote: »

Au contraire the amount of cyclists I have seen doing no handers whilst looking at their phone with earphones in.

What's earphones got to do with anything? Do you drive around with all windows open and no audio playing?

GT89 wrote: »

Another thing that is not generally mentioned is a good a high proportion of fatal RTCs happen outside of urban areas so maybe the Gardai should target country roads more often rather than going for easy prey in Dublin.

What is this 'easy prey' that you speak of?

GT89 · 11-01-2021 11:15pm

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

What's earphones got to do with anything? Do you drive around with all windows open and no audio playing?

There's a big difference between having the radio on in your car and wearing earphones which are likely noise cancelling

What is this 'easy prey' that you speak of?

Drivers on the N11 and M50

07Lapierre · 11-01-2021 11:56pm

GT89 wrote: »

There's a big difference between having the radio on in your car and wearing earphones which are likely noise cancelling

Drivers on the N11 and M50

You reckon all cyclists go around wearing noise cancelling headphones? Those things are expensive! Besides, they don't work that well on bikes, as they can't cancel out the wind.

AndrewJRenko · 12-01-2021 12:37am

GT89 wrote: »

There's a big difference between having the radio on in your car and wearing earphones which are likely noise cancelling

Drivers on the N11 and M50

According to some Australian research, cyclists with earphones and music playing hear MORE going on around them than drivers with windows up and no audio playing. So windows down tomorrow then?

By "drivers", I presume you mean "speeding drivers"?

07Lapierre · 12-01-2021 12:41am

"f we held all drivers to the standard of being able to hear as well as a bicyclist, the only street-legal motor vehicles would be quiet, slow, unenclosed ones such as golf carts. All in all, a bicyclist's decision whether to wear headphones, particularly, open-air headphones -- and of how loudly to play them -- ought to be of as little concern in the law as is the question of how loudly a motorist may play a radio inside a car, or whether a motorcyclist may legally wear earplugs to avoid hearing loss due to wind noise and engine noise."

http://www.john-s-allen.com/bikexprt/bicycle/hearing.htm

tom1ie · 12-01-2021 2:46pm

07Lapierre wrote: »

"f we held all drivers to the standard of being able to hear as well as a bicyclist, the only street-legal motor vehicles would be quiet, slow, unenclosed ones such as golf carts. All in all, a bicyclist's decision whether to wear headphones, particularly, open-air headphones -- and of how loudly to play them -- ought to be of as little concern in the law as is the question of how loudly a motorist may play a radio inside a car, or whether a motorcyclist may legally wear earplugs to avoid hearing loss due to wind noise and engine noise."

http://www.john-s-allen.com/bikexprt/bicycle/hearing.htm

what an utter load of ****e!

07Lapierre · 12-01-2021 3:01pm

tom1ie wrote: »

what an utter load of ****e!

What?

07-11-2021 4:57pm

A proof of concept, fully electric cargo ship has been launched and is operating in the coastal water of Norway. It has a human safety crew present for initial trials, but is planned to be set to fully autonomous next year.

This one ship, once running autonomously, is going to cut the company's costs 90% and is one step closer to a fully autonomous logistics system for the globe.

Figures like that ensure the march towards autonomous transportation will continue unabated

https://youtu.be/yu0Wb2pP3hQ

05-01-2022 3:55pm

Another important milestone just hit

80 mile journey with no human on board.

Onwards and upwards!

https://interestingengineering.com/self-driving-semitruck-completes-an-80-mile-route-with-no-human-on-board

magicbastarder · 05-01-2022 5:17pm

"the same company has managed to run an 80-mile (129-km) route with absolutely no human on board. "

bloody nora. this is legal?

05-01-2022 5:30pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118422221#Comment_118422221

According to the article "The test ride is part of an ongoing program that will continue into 2022 and that sees the cooperation of the Arizona Department of Transportation, government regulators, and law enforcement."

I know several regions/countries have amended various laws to allow for testing on normal roads. There's nothing presently that I am aware of, that would allow for a full roll-out of this tech but its only a matter of time, testing and results.

drivingmissdaisy · 20-01-2022 1:01am

Dream on haters, drivers wont be going anywhere soon .

Tesla driver charged with vehicular manslaughter in fatal Autopilot crash

Kevin George Aziz Riad, 27, is likely the first motorist to be accused of a felony in the United States after a fatal accident while using a partially automated driving system

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tesla-driver-charged-vehicular-manslaughter-fatal-autopilot-crash-rcna12724