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New Honda Accord Drives Itself

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the ok-not-quite dept.

pmenefee writes "Japanese car manufacturer Honda has launched a new self-driven car. Dubbed Honda Accord ADAS, the vehicle can change gears and steer itself around bends. While the auto-pilot function will currently only operate on motorways and dual carriageways, officials at Honda believe that future ADAS models will tackle all roads."

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  1. Sweet! by east+coast · · Score: 4, Funny

    No more DUIs! There is a God!

    Bartender! Another shot!

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    1. Re:Sweet! by dr_dank · · Score: 3, Funny

      With Ethanol becoming more common in gasoline, your car can be DWI too!

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    2. Re:Sweet! by Golias · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now all I need is a Honda ASIMO to get out of the car and go in to the office to my job for me, and it's non-stop anime & World of Warcraft from then on. Woo-hoo!

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    3. Re:Sweet! by Heem · · Score: 3, Funny

      you could sit on the passenger side

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  2. Re:In Soviet Russia.... by databyss · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Soviet Russia... YOU drive Car!

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  3. In Soviet Russia... by killkillkill · · Score: 5, Funny
    Car drives you... err... you drive car...

    Okay, now I'm just confused

  4. bugs found already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    The only model available is the 'asian women driver 1.0'. The car repeadely slows down, then speeds up, randomly activates turn signals, and never yields to oncoming traffic.

  5. Reinventing the ... automatic gearbox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't most Chrysler products choose their own gears as well... sometimes against the wishes of their owners?

  6. Obligatory by The+Step+Child · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lenny: Hey look, Homer's got one of those robot cars!

    *Crash*

    Carl: Yeah, one of those American robot cars...

  7. Had to say it... by sirgallihad · · Score: 2, Funny

    In Japan, cars drive you!

    *ducks*

  8. It's about time by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny


    Aibo kept getting us lost when I was too drunk to drive.

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  9. Re:Dupe, dedupe dupe dupe! by pmike_bauer · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, read the summary.
    It's dubbed Honda Accord ADAS.
    Not, duped.

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  10. Re:What's a dual-carriagway? by dr_dank · · Score: 5, Funny

    A dual-carriageway is where those foppish dandies and their tin-lizzies really trip the light fantastic at breath-taking speeds of up to 25 miles-per-hour.

    It'll scare the horses out of their wits! Huzzah! 23 skidoo!

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  11. Re:What's a dual-carriagway? by Surt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course, the second step to wisdom is realizing that names only serve to categorize that which is truly unique, and that categorization is the first step towards prejudice.

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  12. Re:Sorry, I'm an American... by spurtle15 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now now. We shouldn't be making fun, especially when we drive on a parkway and park in a driveway.

  13. wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    and the next model will:

    a) buy itself

    b) make its own payments

  14. Re:beep beep beep by soft_guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the constant beeping will interfere with the telephone call I'm on.

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  15. Great for Cell Phone Users by syntap · · Score: 3, Funny

    Finally, SOMEONE is driving when I'm on the phone.

  16. Obligatory pr0n reference by syntap · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's a guy who may be in the market for this thing... no longer a need to keep hands on the wheel. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/31/D8FFUHC01 .html

  17. Re:What's a dual-carriagway? by jcorno · · Score: 2, Funny

    As a cyclist, I'm pretty worried about how safe these auto driving vehicles are; how optimised they are for things in the road. Its one thing to have a car that brakes if you are about to hit something, another to have the thing make steering decisions too.

    As a cyclist, I don't see how it could be worse than a human driver. Braking before it hits me would already be an improvement.

  18. Re:What's a dual-carriagway? by GSwarthout · · Score: 3, Funny

    About 25 lbs. *rimshot*

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  19. I can't believe no one said it yet... by BlindS!de · · Score: 2, Funny

    With Honda Accord, car drives you!