Jeff Liebermann wrote:
:On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 07:37:01 +0700, John B.
:wrote:

:On Wed, 04 Oct 2017 09:52:39 -0700, Jeff Liebermann
:wrote:
:
:On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 07:54:47 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
:
:OH JOY
:https://www.nytimes.com/video/techno...rless-car.html
:
:"Bikes May Have To Talk To Self-Driving Cars For Safety's Sake"
:http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/07/24/537746346/bikes-may-have-to-talk-to-self-driving-cars-for-safetys-sake
:I guess the next step is a semi-self-driving-bicycle that detects road
:and vehicle hazards and takes over control of the bicycle if it
:detects something dangerous or unsafe.
:
:Hint:
:- Would you fly in an autonomous airplane?
:- Would you ride in a self driving bus or train?
:- How do you feel in a driverless elevator?
:- Would you really want to do the same in an automobile or bicycle?

:I believe that essentially most modern subway trains are computer
:controlled although they may have a "driver" in the control cab and I
:can't remember ever being in an elevator that had a driver :-)

:I live on the left coast of the USofA. We don't have subways except
:for BART. Subways are an east coast thing.

:Trains and subways have various levels of automation:
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automated_urban_metro_subway_systems#Degre es_of_Automation
:I think there has been sufficient experience to consider a self
:driving train to be safe. Probably same for an elevator. Airplanes
:have been able to takeoff, fly, and land without a pilot for many
:years. I'm not sure if the airlines actually do that:
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoland

:So, are you ready and willing to have your bicycle do many of the same
:things?

:Incidentally, the last time I rode in an elevator with an operator was
:in the late 1950's or early 1960's.

I rode one last month. (Fine Arts building in Chicago has completely
manually operated elevators, operator has to stop in the right place.)

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