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fang_gt86 · 03-19-2015, 11:04 AM

I just don't see how this will ever happen within the next 25-50 years.

I'd loved to be around long enough to see the transition though. How will the government do away with the millions of cars?

http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/bi...ly-be-illegal/

Ramster · 03-19-2015, 11:08 AM

I wouldn't mind seeing harsher driving tests to make sure only some humans can drive. Some just need to stay home altogether.

Tcoat · 03-19-2015, 11:21 AM

Not sure that a site called the Libertarian Republic is exactly a reliable source for determining if humans will stop driving cars! I highly doubt that anybody on this forum will still be alive when/if this ever happens anyway.
I remember a pile of articles (in these paper things called "magazines") back in the 70s that said the internal combustion engine would be gone completely by the year 2000 and as we know they are still going strong and better than ever.
As far as getting rid of the existing billions of cars goes that would be the easy part!

fang_gt86 · 03-19-2015, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Ramster

I wouldn't mind seeing harsher driving tests to make sure only some humans can drive. Some just need to stay home altogether.

Imagine some crackheads think DWT is completely safe as long you complete the test. Can you imagine driving while texting around cones is part of driving test lol?

gramicci101 · 03-19-2015, 11:25 AM

It will be a LONG time before this comes about, if it even does. If for no other reason than once the technology does come out, it will flow just like all the other automotive technology does. It'll start with the luxury cars and filter down to the super base model cars over the following 10-15 years. Even then though, they can't mandate that people buy a new car just because the latest technology is out. if you look around today, you see a ton of people driving 10-20 year old cars.

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Not sure that a site called the Libertarian Republic is exactly a reliable source for determining if humans will stop driving cars!

Elon Musk is great at coming up with grand ideas that may be possible now, but won't be feasible on a commercial scale for decades to come.

Special_K · 03-19-2015, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Ramster

I wouldn't mind seeing harsher driving tests to make sure only some humans can drive. Some just need to stay home altogether.

I'm with you there. I've always maintained that the US should follow Europe's lead for getting your license. In most of the EU countries it takes 2 years to be fully licensed and costs well over $1000. Plus driving school is mandatory and the only way to get certified... TBH my driving test was a joke, showed up at the DMV, drove around the block, paid $30, walked out with my license... Took all of ten minutes, and I dread knowing that there are other drivers on the road that probably did the same thing.

But yea, driverless cars have a long way to go to be viable, but the technology is always interesting. I really hope they don't rely on current gps like that article says, because we're going to be fishing cars out of lakes/deserts/cliffs left and right!

Tcoat · 03-19-2015, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Special_K

I'm with you there. I've always maintained that the US should follow Europe's lead for getting your license. In most of the EU countries it takes 2 years to be fully licensed and costs well over $1000. Plus driving school is mandatory and the only way to get certified... TBH my driving test was a joke, showed up at the DMV, drove around the block, paid $30, walked out with my license... Took all of ten minutes, and I dread knowing that there are other drivers on the road that probably did the same thing.

But yea, driverless cars have a long way to go to be viable, but the technology is always interesting. I really hope they don't rely on current gps like that article says, because we're going to be fishing cars out of lakes/deserts/cliffs left and right!

Our licensing process here is very long and convoluted with many different levels and requirements before you are fully licensed.

It don't do shit and our new drivers (and many old one) are just as crappy as anywhere else.

Special_K · 03-19-2015, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Our licensing process here is very long and convoluted with many different levels and requirements before you are fully licensed.

It don't do shit and our new drivers (and many old one) are just as crappy as anywhere else.

I stand corrected. Shitty drivers are a given fact of life the whole world over.

Ramster · 03-19-2015, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by fang_gt86

Imagine some crackheads think DWT is completely safe as long you complete the test. Can you imagine driving while texting around cones is part of driving test lol?

Oh God, the horror!!! lol

Tcoat · 03-19-2015, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Special_K

I stand corrected. Shitty drivers are a given fact of life the whole world over.

Yep!

Eski · 03-19-2015, 12:34 PM

lol if it did become illegal i would just become a rebel like will smith

strat61caster · 03-19-2015, 01:47 PM

They'll outlaw human drivers precisely one week after they outlaw horse drawn carriages.

Tcoat · 03-19-2015, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by strat61caster

They'll outlaw human drivers precisely one week after they outlaw horse drawn carriages.

Special_K · 03-19-2015, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Eski

lol if it did become illegal i would just become a rebel like will smith

I've always lusted after that iRobot Audi

03-19-2015, 11:04 AM	#1
fang_gt86 FR Noob Join Date: Jun 2013 Drives: FR-S Location: DFW Posts: 792 Thanks: 218 Thanked 614 Times in 318 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s)	Illegal for "Human" to Drive I just don't see how this will ever happen within the next 25-50 years. I'd loved to be around long enough to see the transition though. How will the government do away with the millions of cars? http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/bi...ly-be-illegal/ __________________ "I'm having too much fun to care about horsepower" - Unknown 6MT FR-S Whiteout:OFT- OTS V2 Stage 2 (93oct & E85), Tomei UEL, Invidia OP, JDL UltraQuiet FP, Ark Grip catback, GS hood struts, Perrin Inlet & K&N drop-in

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Tcoat Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: 2020 Hakone Location: London, Ont Posts: 69,838 Thanks: 61,656 Thanked 108,295 Times in 46,456 Posts Mentioned: 2499 Post(s)	Not sure that a site called the Libertarian Republic is exactly a reliable source for determining if humans will stop driving cars! I highly doubt that anybody on this forum will still be alive when/if this ever happens anyway. I remember a pile of articles (in these paper things called "magazines") back in the 70s that said the internal combustion engine would be gone completely by the year 2000 and as we know they are still going strong and better than ever. As far as getting rid of the existing billions of cars goes that would be the easy part! __________________ Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar, because Racecar.

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Eski Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Drives: '15 Brz Series Blue Location: Livermore, CA Posts: 541 Thanks: 270 Thanked 344 Times in 186 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s)	lol if it did become illegal i would just become a rebel like will smith __________________ "Listen, smile, agree and then do whatever the fuck you were going to do anyway." -Robert Downey Jr.

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