Re: canbus

Nobody will buy a driverless car. Expense. People like to drive. Nobody will trust them. So, another load of bollocks.

They'd be very useful coming back from the pub. _ mines a 40 minute walkl away.

And will they excuse any Seats if any autonomous ones behave like the ones driven by humans now by muttering "I'm so sorry, he's from Barcelona."

G Harman

On the way there or on the way back.

G.Harman

All good points that I'd not considered (as I'm not a Highwayman or red-light-jumping cyclist). ;-)

Cheers, T i m

They seem to do that already round here. Pedestrians looking at their phone as so many do are oblivious to traffic. Many cyclists seem to think the highway code - designed to keep all safe - doesn't apply to them.

I reckon that driverless cars (or something similar) will become the norm sometime in the future. At present there are about 1,800 people killed every year on British roads. A driverless system could reduce that to nearly zero.

How about: Just walk into your hall were there is a panel on the wall into which you place your order for a car at a certain time to go to a certain place (just like a mini cab) and it will turn up, you get in and you're off. I think that's what the famous app-driven mini-car company are aiming for; Then they won't even have to pay the gig economy drivers because there won't be any.

If 1,800 people were being killed in UK aircraft crashes every year there would be an outcry, but for the illusion of freedom that the car gives us we apparently accept the deaths as a reasonable price to pay.

Don't get me wrong, I love most driving and have a 230bhp car that is absolutely brilliant fun. Mind you, I still prefer cycling, when the weather's clement

- Mike

I would buy one tomorrow if they existed and I had the cash. Not everyone wants to have to concentrate on driving in queues when they could be doing something else. Why do you think chauffeurs exist?

Polish the car between journeys so it presents the right impression, open the doors so the owner feels important and has their status confirmed ,guard the car so anything left in it is at less risk of being nicked . Act as a sympathetic ear if the owner wants some light conversation, do the odd errand like going to a shop to get something while the owner is in a meeting. Allows the owner to imbibe alcohol without having to restrict the intake to drive. Driverless cars will be nice for a lot of people but I think those who have chauffeurs will prefer to retain them.

I wonder if driverless cars will allow somebody to be taken home from a night at the pub or if any future regulations to allow the operation of them will still require someone in charge and in a fit state to make decisions if required.

G.Harman

In article , Steve Walker writes

And human drivers of other vehicles too.