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Toyota To Let People Ride In Self-Driving Prius

Posted by Soulskill on from the we-who-are-about-to-die-salute-you dept.

fergus07 writes "Toyota is to show an autonomous Prius at Tokyo Motor Show. Dubbed the Toyota AVOS (Automatic Vehicle Operation System), the car will be available for members of the public to take 'back seat' rides at the show, demonstrating first hand how the Prius can avoid obstacles, be summoned from a parking garage and park itself."

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  1. Re:First self-driving crash - who to blame, or sue by mini+me · · Score: 5, Funny

    The driver. It is the one that made the wrong choice. Its sentence will be served by forcing it to mine for bitcoins on behalf of the victim until the sentence has been carried out.

  2. I would buy one by Leebert · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I could shout into my watch: "KITT I NEED YOU BUDDY!" and have the Prius come racing to pick me up (bonus if it does a bootleg turn and pops the door open), I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

  3. Re:Can I do this? by bigredradio · · Score: 4, Funny

    5. Bring a date?

    LOL! good one!

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  4. Re:end of the driver, end of the auto industry by russotto · · Score: 5, Funny

    Every car will become a taxi. Every taxi can make 40+ journeys per day.

    You only need 1/40th of the number of cars.

    Short Toyota, GM, Ford, Honda......

    Sorry. Autonomous taxis aren't going to work until someone figures out a foolproof way of not making them into autonomous public toilets.