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GM Claims Advanced Cruise Control By 2008

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the more-time-to-play-games dept.

pavelvp writes "Economist is reporting that General Motors is working on the prototype of the self-driving car. From the article, "The car uses updated technology combined with several existing innovations and, according to the manufacturer, could be in production by 2008. But, while the technology takes some of the boring bits out of driving, it falls far short of an automatic taxi service and, anyway, various legal, technical and social barriers to its introduction remain.""

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  1. Good idea by Catamaran · · Score: 5, Funny

    I look forward to the day when we relinquish all control of our cars once we enter the freeway. Scientific papers have found that traffic throughput could be increased up to 918.49% while reducing fatalities by a factor of 17.5!

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  2. No use. by thermal_noise · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's 2008. Give me my f*ing flying car instead.

  3. but.. by Enteebee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will this car also drive itself to Alaska, drill for oil, refine the crude into gasoline, and then fill up?

    Otherwise, I'm holding out for a Mr. Fusion.

  4. In Soviet Russia... by X1011 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Car drives you!

  5. A hundred years... by HermanAB · · Score: 4, Funny

    since we last had self driving cars. Friggen amazing that it took this long to re-invent the horse.

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    1. Re:A hundred years... by mesmartyoudumb · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's funny, My friend was telling me that his grandpa refused to buy a car because it didn't know the way home if he got drunk and passed out like his good ole horse.

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