Self Driving Cars
Do you have to have a windshield wiper on a self driving car? How about a horn?
How Self Driving Cars Will Happen
Self driving cars won’t happen all at once. Nobody is suddenly going to make a self driving car that has complete ability to operate. Not Google, Apple or anyone else. Self driving cars will happen with small incremental evolutionary changes that society can adjust to. In fact it is already happening.
Tower Guided Trucks
We are going to have self driving vehicles soon and the first ones will probably be trucks. The economics are excellent. Here is an idea for an interim step to autonomous trucks.
Weekly Maxim September 4, 2017
“Horses were the original self driving vehicle.” Lilli Burrow
Smart Car Auf Wiedersehen
Nostalgic Reprint from October 2009 It is time to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the sale of my Smart Car I sold it. Easy to park. Drives like a golf cart. The beauty of having a car that was easy to park was not enough to make up for the uncomfortable ride and the lack …
A Walker for Your Brain
In this decline section of my blog I have been arguing that as we age we need to proactively prepare for the next step of our inevitable decline. Learning to use a walker, getting a hearing aid, practicing being blind and deaf, and not driving for a week are all suggestions that will help you …
Freeway Access Rights
Traffic congestion is one of the banes of living in modern urban areas. This idea could help.
Top Ten Current Enslavements Two Views
Simon’s List: Top 10 list of Progressive Enslavements By Simon W. Burrow . We are enslaved to the notion that governments can create prosperity even though we have 200 years of evidence showing that less government and more economic freedom make everybody’s lives better. . We are enslaved to the idea that using the lowest …
A Cactus Forest
It is about a nine hour drive from the border to Bahia de Los Angeles. About a third of the trip is along the fertile coastal plain with farms, vineyard and tourism industries. Then you go inland and about a third of the trip is through what can only be described as a Cactus Forest. …
Tailgateometer
Yesterday while driving back to Pasadena from Norco. I was plagued by a tailgater. I wasn’t in the fast lane and I wasn’t driving slowly. All of a sudden there was a car a few feet from my back bumper going 70 mph. It scared me. I contemplated slowing down, speeding up and slamming …