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LOL! That would make a great Tesla skit on SNL, or even better an SCTV reunion.
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My '18 Tacoma has too many electronic features for my liking, but most can be disabled, like the lane departure alarm which can sense a rut on a gravel road and think it's a painted line, and the tire sensors which are fine for the summer tires but I don't have for the snow tires. I've never used the GPS but my wife will tinker with it as I drive. She also uses the seat warmer but I've never felt the need. I like the practical things like the AC generator, CD player, and powered rear window (it's a four door so I can't reach it from the driver's seat). That rear window is heaven for the dogs, and also ventilates the cab better than anything else. |
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I had to bite tongue yesterday when I ended stuck in the c suite open desk area for several hours hearing people be reactionary about car technology much along the lines of "freedom" and privacy. There was much irony because they also used and discussed cameras in their homes, Alexa, Google, and were doing more social media on their phones because of recent changes to WiFi available in c suite.
They all had late model vehicles. One a Tesla owner. I'd be more worried about making my home an easy thing to find and being listened to by multiple products than new systems coming to cars. My guess is many or most who are making news for poor choices with autonomous car technology or just making poor choices would be doing more damage if they were keeping some here happy by driving low tech 1966 sedan.
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I don’t think technology is any different from anything else in the world. Everything in the manifest world is a mixed bag. It is the nature of things in this plane of existence. This existence is neither heaven nor “the other place”...but a mix of good and bad in anything and anyone. No reason to single out technology for critical scrutiny or resistance. IMO. I think the downside of auto technology is pretty minimal compared to the downside of many human drivers. Human drivers can be unskillful drivers, can be distracted, can be impaired, and can make misidentifications and misjudgments of conditions and distances. They can be over confident. They can be careless. They can be pre-occupied with whatever is upsetting to them. Technology can compensate for some of these flaws. Some of these flaws will be superimposed onto any situation. Still, the advances in safety technology are impressive, and should be welcomed. Last edited by buddyhu; 09-24-2020 at 12:11 PM. |
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The distraction and inconsistency isn't just smartphones. People are looking at dashboards, occupants in vehicles, looking away, stuff in vehicles too. Driving our 3 cars in those spots are reminders. One has no AEB or driving autonomy. Two do. Without fail they watch and react appropriately. You even see older technology save the day. In winter that intersection that also serves the freeway shows older cars but with ABS and ABS doing the job many humans don't. I don't care how good some drivers are or me. Those times seeing many or most not doing a good job are why we benefit from this stuff. This week gave me the opportunity for another fun technology poke I like. A few people were being reactionary about change and technology at work considering all our progress so bad. Knowing this about some I reminded them that eyeglasses, dental implants, one's hip replacements and that calculator with paper tape were all modern technology whether you count the world thousands or millions of years old.
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