1st Gear: Why was this ever a functionality in the first place? They literally programmed their self driving system to break the law.

An important bit of information we need to know is whether the oil light was a service reminder, or status indicator. If the light was a “service soon” it’s one thing, but if it was indicating low pressure or levels...thats another.

Of course they knew. But they also knew that if they raised taxes to fix any of the crumbling infrastructure, they’d all lose their jobs and be raked over the coals for being freedom hating tax and spend politicians.

Hey David Tracy, you see all that rust?  I have a bridge to sell you.

Alex Jones, is that you?

holy crap. injuries without death is actually surprising lucky in the collapse of a bridge...

Are you kidding me? Gov. DeSantis will probably give him the Medal of Honor.

“No worries about assimilation into American culture here”

Taking a job in Florida huh and acting like one before even getting there!

Well, did he get the job??

I did that same thing once.

RE: 1st Gear,

It will be decades before AI can drive with the skill and adaptability of a competent human driver. The nuance and complexities are nearly endless, and constant high speed unpredictable changes make autonomous piloting of a commercial aircraft look easy by comparison.  

I mean, even if the steering is still physically coupled (which it is), the traction control computer still needs to know the steering angle in order to accurately model the behavior of the system (both desired, and actual), and properly do its job. In fact, all the systems that faulted are ones which likely need to…

“Network Interruption” and steering....JHFC....those two words shouldn’t correlate together. Yet, here we are.

My first engineering gig out of college was with Local Motors. Worked there a good while then was laid off in April of 2019 due to COVID along with almost half of the staff. I think, realistically, that was the final nail in the coffin for them and it’s been a slow death since.

I’m thankful for my time there and…

Maybe the solution is to have bigger vehicles that can carry more people in one go through the tunnel. If it’s really high volume, maybe link the larger vehicles together in a chain so that they all travel at once all at the same speed.

Yes, the majority of big tech’s “innovations” are old ideas done worse. 

The Loop – which runs underground from an area near the Convention Center’s West Hall to the South Hall, involves bringing people into Teslas at “stations.” They are then driven by a human – sorry folks, no self driving in the tunnel – through it to a drop-off point. 

Just wait until Owen encounters his first Michigan left or a Jersey jug handle. Bonus points for surviving the hillside strangler in Illinois just west of Chicago where three interstates merge and use about only 3/8 of a lane to do so. Also, just driving anywhere in or around Detroit and making it somewhere without…