Sure, if legal will have to be safer than the average driver by a lot. They will be super safe, boring, but safe.

 

IH

I was at a bar last night in Patong and I saw a driverless Tuk Tuk go past chased by 3 Thai men , apparently the driver had stopped for a piss and left the handbrake off 

Wouldn't necessarily do it now till the San Fran kinks get worked out, but def would in a limited setting like a shuttle between airport terminals.

 

Too much $$$ potential for this to be allowed to fail and they're too close to success to give up. If you can maximize traffic throughput via satelites, that changes the economics of everything.

 

It will affect everything from the cost of your Bic lighter to capital savings on less worn out roads, to air quality. Taxi's are the merest tip of the iceberg. In our limited, what's left lifetime, auto-cars will be the norm.

 

 

Edited November 3, 20232 yr by Prubangboy

17 hours ago, JayClay said:

Imagine a taxi driver that relies on Sangsom or Hong Tong.

That I can handle being locked in a cab with no way to say pull over or give better direction is a no go 

I prefer sitting on the back of a driverless motorcycle.

37 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

That I can handle being locked in a cab with no way to say pull over or give better direction is a no go 

 

You'd prefer a drunk driver to a taxi that you can't give "better" directions too?

 

Each to their own.

 

(yes I ignored the comment about not being able to tell the taxi to pull over... Because I'm sure you can do)

23 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

The mahout, until he was thrown off.

So, the elephant was driver less.

On 11/3/2023 at 1:16 PM, JayClay said:

 

You'd prefer a drunk driver to a taxi that you can't give "better" directions too?

 

Each to their own.

 

(yes I ignored the comment about not being able to tell the taxi to pull over... Because I'm sure you can do)

 

I also have never had a drunk taxi driver in Thailand

 

And are you sure you can tell it to pull over and the program will accept it.

 

I am not

16 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

 

I also have never had a drunk taxi driver in Thailand

 

And are you sure you can tell it to pull over and the program will accept it.

 

I am not

 

If you've never had a drunk taxi driver your probably in the minority. And how would you know anyway? 

 

Yes I'm pretty sure there'd be able to tell any driverless taxi to pull over and it would do so without getting into a heated debate (which could also quite easily happen with a human driver...)

I prefer humans to machines so I'll go with the thai taxi drivers.

They can't resist me anyway. I'm far too cool.

I always make them laugh eventually - even the angry ones.

Not at the moment. I'd like to see a few aCCIDIENTS FIRST AND THEN SEE WHO DIES IN WHICH SEATS.

I haven't really thought about it before, but now I've thought about it.....no!