New Honda Accord Drives Itself

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New Honda Accord Drives Itself

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 1, 2006 @06:49AM 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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Dupe, dedupe dupe dupe! by Marxist+Hacker+42 · 2006-02-01 06:51 · Score: 4, Interesting

Well, not quite- nice to see that Honda could come out with an ADAS system barely a month after it becoming legal....

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Sweet! by east+coast · 2006-02-01 06:51 · Score: 4, Funny

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1. Re:Sweet! by Golias · 2006-02-01 07:22 · 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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2. Re:Sweet! by Tony+Hoyle · 2006-02-01 08:02 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  The #1 problem with drunk driving is being able to react to hazards in a timely manner.
  
  Staying in lane is easy. Realizing that the truck in the junction ahead hasn't made eye contact and is about to pull out in front of you is harder.. and you can't automate that.
What's a dual-carriagway? by man_of_mr_e · 2006-02-01 06:51 · Score: 5, Interesting

Is this some kind of euro-test?

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1. Re:What's a dual-carriagway? by east+coast · 2006-02-01 07:00 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Why is this modded as troll? I swear to God, some people are pretty thin skinned.
  
  I've often heard that the first step to wisdom is calling things by their correct name; if this bloke needs some clarification and isn't too proud to admit it should he be marked a troll? He's a hell of a lot better off than the idiots who think they know what it means when they don't.
  
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2. Re:What's a dual-carriagway? by dr_dank · 2006-02-01 07:08 · 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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*SMASH* by Khyron · 2006-02-01 06:51 · Score: 5, Interesting

Does this make anyone else think of the old Looney Toons cartoons where one character diverts another character's path of travel by painting a false line from the middle of the road to someplace else?
In Soviet Russia... by killkillkill · 2006-02-01 06:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Car drives you... err... you drive car...
Okay, now I'm just confused
Obligatory by The+Step+Child · 2006-02-01 06:54 · Score: 5, Funny

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

*Crash*

Carl: Yeah, one of those American robot cars...
It's about time by ackthpt · 2006-02-01 06:58 · Score: 5, Funny

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

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Unfortunate Liability by confusion · 2006-02-01 07:00 · Score: 4, Interesting

Unfortunately, as self driving cars become more and more viable, we're going to run into a liability problem. Sure, the self driving cars can probably cut crashes and resulting deaths by some huge percent, but there will still be some that happen. Then, those crashes and deaths will be the responsibility of the car manufacturer who will get sued into oblivion.

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Re:beep beep beep by soft_guy · 2006-02-01 07:24 · Score: 4, Funny

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

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