The random thought thread

[Copier Addict]

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A license to operate a motor vehicle is earned after taking a knowledge test and a skills test and passing both to acceptable standards (defined by state/provincial Departments of Transportation and/or Safety).
Operating a "driverless" vehicle in any capacity, if an occupant is expected to be able to assume control of the vehicle in an emergency situation, places the occupant in the position of Operator of said vehicle, and thus subject to certain laws and restrictions regarding operation of the motor vehicle.
Once autonomous vehicles are designed and placed into widespread use, legislation will have to change in order to indemnify an occupant who has no possibility of assuming control of the vehicle, regardless of their state of intoxication.

Since I've typed it too many times in too short a time span, vehicle is starting to look misspelled.

Vehicle.

I think autonomous vehicles (there it is again!) may become the norm, after thorough testing and reconfiguration, although there will always be those who prefer to control their mode of transportation manually, because there's just that feeling, a small degree of power, being in control of thousands of pounds of metal, zooming across the landscape, free to go where they will. I don't know, but I imagine it would be similar to the feeling of freedom a biker has.
(the American version of "biker", as in motorcyclist, not bicyclist. Those bicyclist idiots need to GTFO of the driving lane.)

Wow, that's like a rant within a rant. Very well done.

[TheBlueOrleans]

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A license to operate a motor vehicle is earned after taking a knowledge test and a skills test and passing both to acceptable standards (defined by state/provincial Departments of Transportation and/or Safety).
Operating a "driverless" vehicle in any capacity, if an occupant is expected to be able to assume control of the vehicle in an emergency situation, places the occupant in the position of Operator of said vehicle, and thus subject to certain laws and restrictions regarding operation of the motor vehicle.
Once autonomous vehicles are designed and placed into widespread use, legislation will have to change in order to indemnify an occupant who has no possibility of assuming control of the vehicle, regardless of their state of intoxication.

Since I've typed it too many times in too short a time span, vehicle is starting to look misspelled.

Vehicle.

I think autonomous vehicles (there it is again!) may become the norm, after thorough testing and reconfiguration, although there will always be those who prefer to control their mode of transportation manually, because there's just that feeling, a small degree of power, being in control of thousands of pounds of metal, zooming across the landscape, free to go where they will. I don't know, but I imagine it would be similar to the feeling of freedom a biker has.
(the American version of "biker", as in motorcyclist, not bicyclist. Those bicyclist idiots need to GTFO of the driving lane.)

[slimslob]

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do you need a drivers licence to operate a driverless car

Many states do require that a licensed driver be seated in what would otherwise be considered the "driver's" seat.

[Copier Addict]

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Good question...

I ride passenger on a Bus an I don't require a Bus drivers license.

Well, not as yet...

Can you lose your drivers license for drink riding in a driverless vehicle?
If so, that means you can lose your drivers license for riding in a cab, bus, train.

Autonomous vehicle manufactures may have left themselve wide open for duty of care
legal battles...

Isn't it great how people are so excited about trusting their lives to a driverless vehicle built by a company that aquires their parts from the lowest bidder. Sounds like a recipie disaster. lol. It will be the GM key switch thing all over again. "We saved 9 cents on that radar sensor, sorry if it doesn't work quite right"

[NeoMatrix]

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do you need a drivers licence to operate a driverless car

Good question...

I ride passenger on a Bus an I don't require a Bus drivers license.

Well, not as yet...

Can you lose your drivers license for drink riding in a driverless vehicle?
If so, that means you can lose your drivers license for riding in a cab, bus, train.

Autonomous vehicle manufactures may have left themselve wide open for duty of care
legal battles...

[BLADE]

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do you need a drivers licence to operate a driverless car

[ZOOTECH]

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"We do not inherit the land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."
-A Native American Proverb
Let's hope our children can enjoy Earth as it was, not what it will become.
(sorry for the rant)

[BLADE]

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The far side of the moon!
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161230.html

that looks like a good place to find meteors

[Iowatech]

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The far side of the moon!

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap161230.html

[Iowatech]

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I came across this "404" error page a while back and thought it was pretty good.

[slimslob]

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Re lazy dog :
With only 3 legs I would forgive the poor dog.

Didn't notice that at first.

[NeoMatrix]

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No, it was a quick brown fox. But that dog doesn't look lazy to me. lol

Re lazy dog :
With only 3 legs I would forgive the poor dog.

[slimslob]

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No, it was a quick brown fox. But that dog doesn't look lazy to me. lol

If it wasn't lazy, it would be chasing the fox.

[slimslob]

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Funny. I must have typed that about a million times over the years. But wasn't it a red fox? =^..^=

With "red fox" it would lack the "b", "n" and "w".

[Copier Addict]

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Funny. I must have typed that about a million times over the years. But wasn't it a red fox? =^..^=

No, it was a quick brown fox. But that dog doesn't look lazy to me. lol