Vehicles of Tomorrow?

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Posted by michael on Tuesday September 21, 2004 @06:45AM from the meet-george-jetson dept.

Human Factors Guy writes "We've seen here before car manufacturers putting more and more technology into cars, but what are the cars of tomorrow going to look like? Driver monitoring through head and eye tracking (which Volvo is already implementing), Adaptive Cruise Control systems, maybe even pedestrian recognition systems. With cars becoming more like semi-intelligent robots every year, what do /. readers think will and won't make it?"

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pedestrian recognition systems by Diclophis · 2004-09-21 06:47 · Score: 5, Funny

This is for targeting...right?

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My wish by Neil+Blender · 2004-09-21 06:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Is that they'd get the turn signal thing fixed. Seems like 80% of the vehicles here in Seattle don't even have them.
Cel phone features by crimethinker · 2004-09-21 06:51 · Score: 5, Funny

I want a car that electrocutes the idiot driver yapping on the cel phone instead of paying attention to the road. I've lost count of the number of times I've almost been creamed by some stupid suburban SUV-driving soccer-mom with a cel phone glued to her head. HANG UP AND DRIVE!
Last summer, I saw a guy talking on a cel phone while riding a bike. What call is so bloody important that you can't pull over or take it later?
-paul

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Re:obligatory ... by savagedome · 2004-09-21 06:58 · Score: 5, Funny

idiot next to me who's eating cereal and reading the paper while driving ... all those types of folks can do that safely if we get robot cars!

They are already in robot cars. You need to upgrade.

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Re:What should, but won't, make it by Neil+Blender · 2004-09-21 06:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Honestly, the technology exists right now to automatically drive my car along a freeway. I could probably set this up today with a few thousand dollars in hardware and a lot of code.

You should do it. I suggest naming it the Computerized Road Automated Steering Helpbot.
drivers wanted by spoonyfork · 2004-09-21 07:00 · Score: 5, Funny

What I'd like to see in the vehicles of tomorrow are better drivers.

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Re:Nothing new by value_added · 2004-09-21 07:03 · Score: 5, Funny

On the subject of "pedestrian recognition systems," I'm reminded of something my dad once said while trying to teach me to drive.

"When you feel a bump, stop."

At the time, he was referring to concrete parking separators, but I think it reflected a more general approach.