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myLot reputation of 97/100. phillip_shiny (664)   ranked 884 out of 32,950 in life 3 years ago

Dear People,

Recently I have seen something interesting about robot driven cars in the discovery channel. Scientists say that it really reduce accidents and there is no need of a person to drive that car. Everything is robotic..

They say that these cars have sensors in them which will be routed and directed to the destination which is set in them.

They also say that these are the next generation cars. How do you feel if it is driven by robots or by the car itself?

Will they really reduce accidents? Do let me know your views....

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1. myLot reputation of 92/100. tonyllenium (4705)   ranked 2,680 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

Yes i think it would be ok if a programmed robot will drive our cars as well!!i think it cna be a good issue to prevent many cars accidents and so you know a human can be wron when drives but a machine can be done only that one it was programmed for..so i think it cna bea good innovation and even will save some lives on the road!!waiting for those cars!!lol


myLot reputation of 97/100. phillip_shiny (664)   ranked 884 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Hi tonyllenium,

What you said is really true. Humans make mistakes but machines doesn't most of the time. I think it will really be on the road very soon..

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2. myLot reputation of 90/100. Margajoe (2447)   ranked 342 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

Sounds good to me. I forgot to get my driver license renewed.
Good chance I don't have one anymore. If you are late renewing, you have to do the drivers test over again. I have had my licence for over 22 years. I have my own way of driving, I will never pass that test.
It is also to expensive. I don't have a car anymore anyway.
But if you are right, than I don't need one for a normal car anymore.
I will just need a robot car. w00t
Sounds good to me.


myLot reputation of 97/100. phillip_shiny (664)   ranked 884 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Ha ha.. There you are.. Really most of them will be without the knowledge of driving and also be safe. lol

But the funny part is, if the machines got stuck in some midway, and the person don't know driving then there starts the issue...w00t

Thanks for sharing your views.. Have a nice day.. Cheersthumbup


myLot reputation of 86/100. mnhthegreat (227)  3 years ago

Then you can always call the mechanized service vehicle to get you out of there rasp The possibilities are endless!

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3. myLot reputation of 85/100. aslesh_t (342)   3 years ago

I think they might be able to help in regular navigational purposes on road in future because as on today, the vision sensing capacity of robots is not even half as advanced as that of a human being and implementing it in real life situations is probably atleast five years away. But we know that science and technology is capable of wonders and I wont be surprised if it is achieved within a lesser time. They will probably reduce the number of accidents, because of enhanced computational speed and absence of fatigue, human errors and reduced reaction time. But in the conditions which exist in a city during heavy traffic, human judgment and skill might be superior.


myLot reputation of 97/100. phillip_shiny (664)   ranked 884 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Well said. Really its not worth where there are heavy traffic. It might be useful for long distance travelling with straight long roads and it can replace humans only in the absense of fatigue and errors by us.. Thats really true..

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4. myLot reputation of 99/100. daeckardt (3140)   ranked 166 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

I can't picture a car driving itself. That sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. Of course, yesterday's science fiction is today's science fact so anything is possible. The car itself might be able to keep from getting into an accident, but I don't know that it could prevent any other accident's from happening. In fact, it could cause other accidents to happen because people in other vehicles would see that there is no driver in the vehicle and freak out. It would be nice to have that kind of thing if you are on a long road trip, but I think that you would want to have some control over the vehicle to keep everyone else safe.


myLot reputation of 97/100. phillip_shiny (664)   ranked 884 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Hi daeckardt,

What you said is really interesting. People may freak out but they also would have the knowledge when these cars are in the road. Robots muct be programmed and checked as many times as possible to have this on real...happy

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5. albertjemi (54)   ranked 11,796 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

the robot car sounds to be good but each and every thing is made by human mind. As of now the technology has not yet grown to that level that robot can do everything in driving. But it might be a start so let welcome the next generation technologies. for me still believe my own efforts in driving the car


myLot reputation of 97/100. phillip_shiny (664)   ranked 884 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Hi bro,

The thing you have said is going to be real in just a few days. If they are experimenting and getting success in any one of the 2 activities they make, they will surely implement this plan... Lets watch and see the tomorrow...thumbup


albertjemi (54)   ranked 11,796 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Thats really true that the technology will prove its efficiency and its good to see while its growing. But my concern is as this technology is growing to peak human activities are dropping down to still pace. is that not threat to human being

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6. myLot reputation of 96/100. AndrewFreyne (3911)   ranked 547 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

I don't even know how to drive but I would say that these robot cars are probably a very good idea. I love technology and I'm thinking if these cars are going to reduce accidents then they should be brought out onto the market at the earliest convenience! I remember hearing something about this on one of the science channels and I remember being amazed! I think that these cars will sell like hot cakes once they are displayed in car showrooms. Andrew


myLot reputation of 97/100. phillip_shiny (664)   ranked 884 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Hi AndrewFreyne,

Yes really I too think the same. But we really doubt how much the expenses cost to these kinda cars. If its somewhat affordable we can surely go fot it... I think it makes people go a little bit more lazy.... Cheersthumbup

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7. myLot reputation of 82/100. marriedman111399 (1071)   ranked 2,624 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

I think that in the future robot cars will help reduce the amount of accidents that are on the road but there cars have to be equipped with all of the newest features that will be able to know when a car is in front of,behind or on the side of the robot car. There will have to be a sensor or something that will be able to tell the speed of the other cars so that the robot car can adjust accordingly.happy

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8. albertjemi (54)   ranked 11,796 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

what i feel is when we can think of making a robot which can drive with out accident why not we ourself drive safe way. most of the accidents happen because of drunk and drive. so we realize our mistakes we ourself can reduce the accidents. but let the technology grow but we should know how to drive safe only then we can program a robot to drive safe without accident.


myLot reputation of 28/100. kb5000 (108)  3 years ago

check out the movie i-robot. it would be cool to have a car that drives itself. safety would be definite unless the robot is not programmed properly.


albertjemi (54)   ranked 11,796 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Thats a perfect movie for robot in action so as you said if they are programmed properly then accidents may increase than to decrease. SO i feel that we need to depend on our own driving till we reach the highest of technology which can really make this dreams of robot driving car instead of us. But before lets us all drive without accident only then we can program the robot to drive safe. Am i right in saying this ?

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9. myLot reputation of 86/100. kl_blueknight (334)   ranked 10,054 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

I think Robot cas can reduce fatal accidents because robots are programmed machineries. They need instructions and programmers to carry out the work. Furthermore, responses from robots are slow unlike humans who can make harsh and daring irrational decisions such as beting the traffic lights. There are many other aspects that robots do differently. Its the way they are programmed which makes it safe.


myLot reputation of 97/100. phillip_shiny (664)   ranked 884 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Really what you said it true. It really depends upon the program that made them to do things. They are very much unlike humans .. thats really a tru statement and of coarse we can reduce accidents if they are programmed correctly..thumbup

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10. myLot reputation of 94/100. Capsicum (943)   ranked 7,178 out of 32,950 in life   3 years ago

I cannot see them being any better than humans unless the human is under the influence. One thing goes wrong with the mechanism and we could be dead as hitting a drunk driver head on.But to robot doing it insteadblink. I hate to drive since my accident ,but doubt the robot would listen to my requests on how to driveangry. I will stick to letting my friends or hubby driving me when ,I am uncomfortable with the road.


myLot reputation of 97/100. phillip_shiny (664)   ranked 884 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

Hi Capsicum,

I don't think so. If they are perfectly progrmamed I think they will make a difference in the road. In fact we are not controlling them if they are set to go to the destinations. They must be programmed to listen us. What probably if we sees a person we know on the road and wanna meet them. They must listen huh?lol

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myLot reputation of 94/100. Capsicum (943)   ranked 7,178 out of 32,950 in life  3 years ago

I still don't trust it,its to high tech for me.Now if there is one out there that is willing to clean my house ! Bring it onthumbup I hate cleaning ,I will definitely give it a chance. Probably won't even hurt when ,I end up smacking it for throwing things that need desperate disposal of in my house .its very hard for me to throw things away.

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