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Originally Posted by peter12
It is a pipe dream given that it will only be possible given a massively expensive complete overhaul of global transportation infrastructure. Also, the mapping requirements are ridiculous. Highways and thoroughfares you MAY see autonomous cars, but right now, this is just another example of technologists making vast, sweeping claims with no real corollary evidence - just circumstantial prediction - that basically are designed to serve their own interests.
Look at Ray Kurzweil, for goodness sake. Are we any closer to uploading our brains into computers and becoming super cyborgs?
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So did horses. And cars. And planes. And the movement from rural to urban centers.
It drives me nuts when people say this stuff. "It sounds hard" is not an excuse.
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Originally Posted by REDVAN
Alberta should go to mandatory re-testing every 5 years when you renew your licence.
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This. 1000x this. I have been saying this for years. We all encounter multiple people per day who shouldn't be on the road, and this will clear them. I will happily take an hour test every 5 years so idiots can be removed from dangerous situations.