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Re: Planet America
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:54 am
by arthwollipot
President Bush wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:41 amSaw a driverless car on the road today, nobody fucking in it, right next to us at a stoplight. Loaded with gizmos, rest of their shit was invisible. Lane it was in ended shortly after the stoplight, didn´t want the google family to sideswipe us when they´d have to merge after the light turned green. When it did I floored it, got ahead of the google family, goddamn, they even used the turn signal to merge in behind us. Maybe I should have slammed on the brakes to see if it would´ve rear ended us.
It wouldn't have. It knows you're there and will avoid you if possible.
Re: Planet America
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:43 pm
by President Bush
arthwollipot wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:54 am
President Bush wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:41 amSaw a driverless car on the road today, nobody fucking in it, right next to us at a stoplight. Loaded with gizmos, rest of their shit was invisible. Lane it was in ended shortly after the stoplight, didn´t want the google family to sideswipe us when they´d have to merge after the light turned green. When it did I floored it, got ahead of the google family, goddamn, they even used the turn signal to merge in behind us. Maybe I should have slammed on the brakes to see if it would´ve rear ended us.
It wouldn't have. It knows you're there and will avoid you if possible.
That would explain why it pulled into
Denny’s, it must have known I would never eat there.
Re: Planet America
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:04 pm
by President Bush
President Bush wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:43 pm
arthwollipot wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 5:54 am
President Bush wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:41 amSaw a driverless car on the road today, nobody fucking in it, right next to us at a stoplight. Loaded with gizmos, rest of their shit was invisible. Lane it was in ended shortly after the stoplight, didn´t want the google family to sideswipe us when they´d have to merge after the light turned green. When it did I floored it, got ahead of the google family, goddamn, they even used the turn signal to merge in behind us. Maybe I should have slammed on the brakes to see if it would´ve rear ended us.
It wouldn't have. It knows you're there and will avoid you if possible.
That would explain why it pulled into
Denny’s, it must have known I would never eat there.
Found it.
https://waymo.com/waymo-one-phoenix/#:~ ... t%20Valley.
That goddamn thing is lucky I´m not still dispatching cab.
Re: Planet America
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:16 pm
by grayman
President Bush wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:43 pm
That would explain why it pulled into
Denny’s, it must have known I would never eat there.
Denny's is not a a place someone goes to, it's a place where they end up.
If the class 1 railroads had their way, all freight would be moved without a crew.
Re: Planet America
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:02 am
by grayman
Re: Planet America
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:33 am
by sparks
Planet America indeed!
Re: Planet America
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:41 am
by Meadmaker
1 dead.
5 injured.
Story on page 2.
Re: Planet America
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 2:45 am
by President Bush
Re: Planet America
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:41 am
by arthwollipot
I know what you mean, but couldn't you have used a slightly better phrase?
Re: Planet America
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:57 pm
by President Bush
arthwollipot wrote: ↑Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:41 am
I know what you mean, but couldn't you have used a slightly better phrase?
like
this?