I Thought I Saw My First Driverless Car
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79697)
United States
June 28, 2016 8:14am CST
When I was going to the hospital yesterday to visit my mom I came up behind a small car at a red light. I happened to notice that no one was driving the car and the only thing I could see on the drivers side was the head-rest.
When the light turned green the car moved ahead and still it appeared as if no one was driving.
At the next light the car stopped and I was making a right turn so I pulled up next to it and of course my curiosity got the better of me and I had to glance over and see if anyone was driving.
There in the drivers seat was the oldest man I've ever seen who just happened to be the size of a gnome 
and he had a death grip on the steering wheel. He could barely see over the dashboard and I was glad that I didn't have to follow this car any further.
Maybe in this case a driverless car would have worked for this guy.
and he had a death grip on the steering wheel. He could barely see over the dashboard and I was glad that I didn't have to follow this car any further.
Maybe in this case a driverless car would have worked for this guy.32 people like this
31 responses
@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
28 Jun 16
At least this man was driving a pretty small compact car
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
28 Jun 16
Exactly. Just think how wonderful it will be when traffic accidents are a thing of the past. It will also give old and handicapped people mobility they do not have now.
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@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
29 Jun 16
@Marty1 it seems as if you have a very smart sister to advise you not to drive if you are accident prone
@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
29 Jun 16
I dont' know if I'd feel safe sending my child off to school in a driverless bus
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@LadyDuck (457995)
• Switzerland
29 Jun 16
@Marilynda1225 I am not sure I would feel safe, even if I have been on several metro lines that are driverless. Like the one in Milan (Italy), the Lausanne metro here in Switzerland, the ATL Skytrain in Atlanta. There are plenty around the world.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
28 Jun 16
Well, you just don't know, it might be driverless car and that man just pretending to drive he he
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
28 Jun 16
Could he see over the steering wheel?
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Jun 16
@Marilynda1225 Those who can't see over the steering wheel with an unobstructed view should not be driving, I think.
@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
29 Jun 16
He could barely see over the steering wheel and he was probably the size of my 10 yr old grandson. If he didn't have a big white bushy beard and look like a gnome I would have thought some kid stole their parents car
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
28 Jun 16
That situation is why I am looking forward to them showing up. Eventually I will be an old driver, not just older, but old. At this time, a driverless car seems wise since we really don't have public transportation either locally or for distances.
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@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
29 Jun 16
Our public transportation is lacking here also so when it comes time to give up my license and car I'll have to rely on my children
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
29 Jun 16
@Marilynda1225 Good luck with that. Children often move away. Mine did. My sister's didn't, but they would not be good for transportation. They think their reason for being is to work. They leave early and don't get home until late.
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
30 Jun 16
@Marty1 One of the engineers working on driverless cars expects them to be available to the general public within five years. That means in ten the price will be down to what we can afford.
@vickyrose (2235)
• Cooma, Australia
29 Jun 16
It probably would if we just program where the car will travel. I hope that I will own one in my lifetime.
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@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
29 Jun 16
As much as they sound like a perfect solution I don't know if I'd feel safe in a driverless car
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
29 Jun 16
Sheesh! Couldn't he have thought to sit on a pillow? My mother in law used to!
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@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
29 Jun 16
He certainly needed some sort of pillow or cushion so he could see over the steering wheel.
@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
1 Jul 16
@Marilynda1225 Did you see the news today? The first fatal accident involving a driverless car. The guy was watching a movie instead of driving his car.
@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
29 Jun 16
I've seen small people driving and it looks as if no one is but this was unusually weird. This poor old guy would benefit from either a driverless car or a taxi
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@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
28 Jun 16
You are lucky. You would have been the morning victim if he had driven the car properly.
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@Tierkreisze (1609)
• Philippines
29 Jun 16
I hope he's a good driver. You're lucky you didn't get in an accident because of that guy.
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@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
29 Jun 16
Sorry I ruined it by saying there was an extremely small man driving
@Marilynda1225 (79697)
• United States
29 Jun 16
I'd be skeptical of those driverless cars too but who knows what the future brings.
