<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Lightner, Jeff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jlightner@water.com">jlightner@water.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Given that presumably we all have seen systems go belly up the idea that<br>
we would all embrace this as a be all and end all solution is scary.<br>
Typically the moron that causes an accident in his own car at worst<br>
takes out 1 or 2 others at the same time (and often enough not even<br>
that).<br>
<br>
Imagine instead a "train" on the Oakland Bay Bridge at the time of the<br>
last earthquake where one poor drive slid into a large gap caused by one<br>
of the sections falling - would that train continue to push car after<br>
car into such a gap? This is only one screwup I can imagine - there<br>
are dozens of others.<br>
<br>
You guys might want to read Robert A. Heinlein's "Blowups Happen" to see<br>
his story about government mass movement system and issues with same.<br></blockquote><div><br>As well as "The Roads Must Roll" .<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of<br>
Preston Boyington<br>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 11:19 AM<br>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
Subject: Re: [ale] [TOTALLY OT] road trains - what I've been squawking<br>
we need for years - fewer drivers!<br>
<br>
Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
<snipped><br>
<br>
> The fewer idiots we have piloting cars, the few wrecks so we can make<br>
> them lighter. The lighter the car, the less fuel is needed to move it.<br>
><br>
> I welcome our robotic overlords (as long as it's not running a variant<br>
<br>
> of windows :-)<br>
<br>
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"Another story in our continuing series, the 16 deaths today in a 50 mph<br>
<br>
construction zone along Interstate 285 were apparently the result of a<br>
passenger plugging in an iPod after the vehicle wirelessly updated the<br>
motion control system. It is thought that the user was trying the<br>
latest kernel version in an attempt to get the audio to play correctly<br>
while the communication system was in operation..."<br>
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