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When Cars Go Driverless, What Happens To the Honking?
blastboy writes "The potential upside to getting rid of drivers: 'Today car horns are still a leading source of noise pollution in urban centers. India's honking problem is so severe that the response to it—from both activists and government officials—mirrors the response to an actual epidemic. Officials in Peru, meanwhile, began treating honking like a serious crime in 2009, threatening to confiscate the cars of people who honk when they shouldn't.'"
Last week I saw a couple of women walking under the umbrella.
The wind was blowing pretty hard, so they held the umbrella in front of them and couldn't seen anything.
They almost walked into a crossing tram. A bunch of people yelled at them and they stopped in time.
seconds later they continue walking and almost walk straight into traffic because they couldn't be arsed to look in front of them.
That's where I stopped feeling sorry for them.
I understand making a mistake, but when you almost get run over and then don't stop being an idiot, that's on you.
As an idiot and jackass, please let me be the first to thank you for your constant yielding.
But then manufacturers will offer Free Nights and Weekend Honking, and contracts for 1000 honks per month (minimum 2 yr contract). Eventually, we'll get some good prepaid honks, but they won't always be as up to date as contract horns.
I don't know what's wrong with the humor centers of my brain lately but I can't tell which one of you are joking. I thought Bill was but your comment falls into that category of sounding so insane that many would take it seriously. I'm so confused!
After 5 years, some provider will offer unlimited honking as part of their standard contract at lower than competitor's prices, but you'r car will only operate on limited access roadways and your horn will be bufered through the network with random failures to deliver horn notifications in a timely manner and occasionall complete loss of horn notifications. Subscribers will point at the low prices as evidence of better than expected service, impressively inovative and the customer service representatives will be rated higher than any of the competition.
You never know...
Mostly just hanging out with Squirrel.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Well the obvious solution here, especially given that I'm less offended by a 'beep' than a 'HOOOOONNNNNKKK", is to charge $.10 per second.
I don't read AC A human right