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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.