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ULTra Robo-Taxi
irksome writes: "Found a link on msnbc about a driver-less taxi pod. According to the article, the vehicle has begun road tests in the city of Cardiff, Wales. The pod, known as ULTra (Urban Light Transport) could make driver-free transport a reality and not just the stuff of futuristic fantasy."
Finally, we'll get to know what it's like to live in the world of Total Recall! Well, without the Mars colonies. Or the mutants. Or the false memories. But we WILL have the robot taxies!!
I moved to NYC in '95 for some schwank internet job, but I was broke, and had to live out in the stix with relatives. The only way to the big city was to take a private bus.
:) True story, even if I did post as an AC, so as not to excite those PC folks out there.
The private buses allow you to look down into taxicabs and see what's going on. I used to do this to amuse myself during a 90 minute commute.
One day, the passenger of a cab really grabs my attention. All I can see are her legs - amazing, shapely legs, ass in the air, and perched up against the front partition. This girlie is totally giving the cabbie a show - her hands are caressing her legs, and going in between.
The bus starts to creep a bit faster than the cab, and I loose the view of the chickie, but now I can see what the cab driver is doing. He's tugging ferociously at a laughably small penis. I mean, it was like the part of the balloon that sticks out from the knot after you tie it. I won't get into his nationality, and I hope his small endowment doesn't actually reflect on his people, but I don't look at many cabbies the same way anymore.
He must have felt my shock, because at that moment he looks up right into my eyes. I'm laughing - no, roaring, tears starting to form, full hysteria mirth. He hits the gas, and in morning rush hour traffic in manhattan, manages to weave, bob and put some distance between my bus and him. The last thing I see is the girlie getting roughly tossed by his sudden acceleration.
Moral: make sure your driver keeps both hands on the wheel
There's a reason why this is debuting in wales and not nyc
How do the get the wales to eat the cabs again? Is it something like dogs with bees in their mouths, or sharks with lasers on their heads?
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
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Billthecat (Ack, Oop)