The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars

dannyboy602

dannyboy602

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oldtimer54 said:
They also said insurance rates would decline when the seatbelt rule was enacted and when airbags were put in vehicles. Less money for anything isn't the American way. They know that just like new phones many people will run out and purchase one just to be the first schmuck in their neighborhood to have one. There's already to many driverless cars out there now. I saw one this morning that couldn't even back out of their own driveway without backing into the ditch....not just one wheel the whole Damn car . I think they need to work on pilotless planes first because I quit flying years ago !
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well ur def right about one thing....prices don't go down. they may say they will but they never do
 
Mellowman2112

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curious2garden said:
Not entirely. As every car is slowly swapped over cars are going to have to have a swarm technology and then there will be hacking incidents etc.... as the technology evolves. So the order of magnitude difficulty between driving a fleet VS a single car to leverage the benefit will still have some issues to work out.

But any sufficiently worthwhile technology does. When I started flying our auto pilot system was pretty primitive (unless you were military). I remember the work involved shooting a GCA (ground controlled approach) at El Toro (the only field with GCA capability close). Now planes can land themselves, pretty much anywhere, amazing and worthwhile.
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So what is it like to land a plane on a runway that moves at a thousand miles an hour due to the earth revolving?
 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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Mellowman2112 said:
So what is it like to land a plane on a runway that moves at a thousand miles an hour due to the earth revolving?
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It's about relativity, something you are no where near ready to tackle. Google is your friend, I think even you'll be able to understand this...

How can a plane fly if the earth spins faster?
At the equator, the earth is spinning at 1,000 mph. A 747 cruises around 500-700 mph. How come when a plane is flying in the direction that the earth is spinning, it isn't actually going backwards? (and a side question that goes with this one; how come when you throw a tennis ball in the air in a plane, it doesn't smash through the back?)


Answer - The plane is actually already going about 1,000mph when its on the ground. In fact everything on this earth is already spinning as fast as the Earth is because we're on it. Just like when you're on a bus you're moving as fast as the bus is. When you jump you don't hit the back of the bus because you're momentum is keeping you at the same speed the bus is going.

When the plane takes off it will actually ADD to its already existing speed of 1,000mph and go to 1,500 - 1,700.
 
Mellowman2112

Mellowman2112

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tyler.durden said:
It's about relativity, something you are no where near ready to tackle. Google is your friend, I think even you'll be able to understand this...

How can a plane fly if the earth spins faster?
At the equator, the earth is spinning at 1,000 mph. A 747 cruises around 500-700 mph. How come when a plane is flying in the direction that the earth is spinning, it isn't actually going backwards? (and a side question that goes with this one; how come when you throw a tennis ball in the air in a plane, it doesn't smash through the back?)


Answer - The plane is actually already going about 1,000mph when its on the ground. In fact everything on this earth is already spinning as fast as the Earth is because we're on it. Just like when you're on a bus you're moving as fast as the bus is. When you jump you don't hit the back of the bus because you're momentum is keeping you at the same speed the bus is going.

When the plane takes off it will actually ADD to its already existing speed of 1,000mph and go to 1,500 - 1,700.
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I think I get it now, the atmosphere is moving along with the earth is that why?
 
Suspire Knowledge

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I think given the right suspension the self driving car could side swipe the car on the left, and then come back across to get the guy on the motorcycle, before continuing on to certain death upon colliding with the freight on the truck. It's the only fair option. No survivors.
 
Mellowman2112

Mellowman2112

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tyler.durden said:
I hope that you're serious. I'm not trying to be an asshole here, but try googling that query and post the answer for us. I bet you'll find it quickly...
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They say that they do but give some bullshit reason that we don't feel it because of differential pressure caused by heating of the atmosphere by the sun's radiation. Meanwhile, I observe wind currents in every direction at all altitudes. I submit that once an airplane leaves the ground it would be subject to the so called corrialis effect yet we don't see such an effect. Ballistic missiles are supposedly affected by it but airplanes not affected by it. I CALL BULLSHIT!
 
Singlemalt

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Mellowman2112 said:
They say that they do but give some bullshit reason that we don't feel it because of differential pressure caused by heating of the atmosphere by the sun's radiation. Meanwhile, I observe wind currents in every direction at all altitudes. I submit that once an airplane leaves the ground it would be subject to the so called corrialis effect yet we don't see such an effect. Ballistic missiles are supposedly affected by it but airplanes not affected by it. I CALL BULLSHIT!
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Actually we do, but aircraft can continually correct for it, projectiles like bullets can not
check out this site http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1904/es1904page01.cfm
 
Mellowman2112

Mellowman2112

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Singlemalt said:
Actually we do, but aircraft can continually correct for it, projectiles like bullets can not
check out this site http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1904/es1904page01.cfm
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It's very straightforward simple to grasp. The video shows and states that the earth's rotation is the corrialis effect, right? That's what the animation shows. The planes have to take the earth's rotation into effect to plan their flight plan it says.
 
ttystikk

ttystikk

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Mellowman2112 said:
It's very straightforward simple to grasp. The video shows and states that the earth's rotation is the corrialis effect, right? That's what the animation shows. The planes have to take the earth's rotation into effect to plan their flight plan it says.
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Whoa. Wrong thread. This one is about self driving cars. They'd even work on a flat earth, so carry that drivel back over to the other thread and leave this one be.
 
tyler.durden

tyler.durden

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Mellowman2112 said:
They say that they do but give some bullshit reason that we don't feel it because of differential pressure caused by heating of the atmosphere by the sun's radiation. Meanwhile, I observe wind currents in every direction at all altitudes. I submit that once an airplane leaves the ground it would be subject to the so called corrialis effect yet we don't see such an effect. Ballistic missiles are supposedly affected by it but airplanes not affected by it. I CALL BULLSHIT!
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I shouldn't have burdened you with that assignment. As soon as I issued it I felt it would be too much for you. I apologize...
 
tangerinegreen555

tangerinegreen555

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Mellowman2112 said:
It's very straightforward simple to grasp. The video shows and states that the earth's rotation is the corrialis effect, right? That's what the animation shows. The planes have to take the earth's rotation into effect to plan their flight plan it says.
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Have you ever read a book cover to cover? That's a serious question. I'm thinking you're pretty much addicted to short videos and late night meetings.
 
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