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comment by j4d3

I would still be nervous to get in one now, but I'm glad they're working on it. Tens of thousands of fatalities a year say that humans really can't be trusted to drive safely.





am_Unition  ·  3521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The younger generations will ask, "But you controlled the car?".

It will blow their minds.

user-inactivated  ·  3521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It'll also blow their mind that we pumped a combustible liquid into the cars on a regular basis without any training or certification.

am_Unition  ·  3521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

While smoking a ciggy.

user-inactivated  ·  3521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Most of us stop that the first time we singe our eyebrows.

SadPandaIsSad  ·  3521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Mine still haven't grown back....

Elrond  ·  3519 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Try telling this to your grandchildren:

" Back in my day, we used to drive a 1 ton missile that had constant explosions inside of it."

zzipitydodaa  ·  3513 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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zzipitydodaa  ·  3513 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...while texting with a keyboard.

am_Unition  ·  3513 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Why, yes, I do want the model with a built in console, thank you for reminding me.

tla  ·  3521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I used to be a programmer. I know what enterprise code looks like.

tauta_krypta  ·  3520 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Google tends to have rather higher code quality than most, though, and presumably even more care is put in for safety-critical things.