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Driverless cars could cripple police departments.....those unions will fight
Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:50 am
Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:50 am
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"Google's driverless cars have now combined to drive more than 700,000 miles on public roads without receiving one citation, The Atlantic reported this week.
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Approximately 41 million people receive speeding tickets in the U.S. every year, paying out more than $6.2 billion per year, according to statistics from the U.S. Highway Patrol published at StatisticBrain.com. That translates to an estimated $300,000 in speeding ticket revenue per U.S. police officer every year.
Cops may have to go back to actually investigating crime.
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Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:53 am to CptBengal
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Cops may have to go back to actually investigating crime.
Permanent Inspection sticker check points...
Posted on 5/21/14 at 9:54 am to CptBengal
if these cars malfunction and kill one person, the lawsuit will be astronomical.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:00 am to oldcharlie8
Well they've been in two wrecks so far. Once when it was rear ended at a stop sign, and again when an actual person was driving it.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:04 am to CptBengal
This will be great for women
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:04 am to TotesMcGotes
Captain - what bad experience have you had with cops?
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:07 am to DeltaDoc
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Captain - what bad experience have you had with cops?
why this non-sequitur?
how does this relate to the FACTS posted in the OP?
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:10 am to CptBengal
I actually think its pathetic that out police depts are using traffic fines as a primary source of revenue. Traffic fines exist to promote public safety. By definition, a self driving car that will always follow all traffic laws should be something that cops want as a direct benefit to public safety.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:10 am to oldcharlie8
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if these cars malfunction and kill one person, the lawsuit will be astronomical.
I imagine we pay tens of billions in insurance costs each year today as drivers. I don't see why their costs will be higher with safer vehicles.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:14 am to C
think about that stat...
300k per officer per year in the US. Just in traffic violations/fines.
thats insane.
300k per officer per year in the US. Just in traffic violations/fines.
thats insane.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:14 am to elprez00
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Traffic fines exist to promote public safety. By definition, a self driving car that will always follow all traffic laws should be something that cops want as a direct benefit to public safety.
Cops don't want this. Cops are nothing more than revenue collectors with a badge and gun. It's not about public safety. It's about money and power and control.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:18 am to jclem11
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It's not about public safety. It's about money and power and control.
which is why driverless cars will be fought tooth and nail by the unions, governments, etc.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:18 am to CptBengal
What happens when the network driving the cars detects an impending unavoidable crash? Would you be ok with the network deciding which car takes the brunt of the collision? Should the network use # of passengers, aggregate passenger net worth, etc. to decide how lives/dies?
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:21 am to schexyoung
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What happens when the network driving the cars detects an impending unavoidable crash?
what's unavoidable? Are you implying that 2 automated vehicles that have access to each others locations at all times will...unavoidably crash?
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:21 am to oldcharlie8
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if these cars malfunction and kill one person, the lawsuit will be astronomical.
That happens already with vehicles. Do you live under a rock?
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:21 am to CptBengal
Driverless cars actually obey laws.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:23 am to CptBengal
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Driverless cars could cripple police departments.....those unions will fight
Yes, cops will actually have to protect and Serve instead of causing unnecessary conflicts in the name of money.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:25 am to CptBengal
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what's unavoidable?
Meaning the program can't determine an alternative route under the time constraint.
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Are you implying that 2 automated vehicles that have access to each others locations at all times will...unavoidably crash?
An increase in the number of automated cars would increase the likelihood of automated car's colliding.
This post was edited on 5/21/14 at 10:28 am
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:27 am to elprez00
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I actually think its pathetic that out police depts are using traffic fines as a primary source of revenue. Traffic fines exist to promote public safety. By definition, a self driving car that will always follow all traffic laws should be something that cops want as a direct benefit to public safety.
I have the same feeling about the Unemployment Office.
Of course... they WANT to keep people filing and on unemployment ... because it allows their army of sorry asses to remain gainfully employed with the State.
Why possible individual motivation do they have for actually REDUCING and or DENYING claims?
If I give a person a job ... and then that person eventually fails to show up, or quits, etc ... there is no way in HELL that person should receive unemployment benefits.
But ...happens all the time.
Posted on 5/21/14 at 10:28 am to schexyoung
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Meaning the program can't determine an alternative route under the time constrain.
computers are MUCH MUCH faster than people. quote:
An increase in the number of automated cars would increase the likelihood of automated car's colliding.
no it wouldnt. If you have a lot of vehicles all being controlled, why would there EVER be an unavoidable collision? Seriously, how does that even work, unless the system CHOSE to have them crash...in which case it wasnt unavoidable.
BTW, are you a cop, married to one, or related to one?
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