[David9694]

A new catch-all Tea Shop thread for those miscellaneous new stories that don’t quite fit with parking, crashing into buildings or trapped/prisoners in their homes. 

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[David9694]

Like this?

Like this?

[chrisonabike]

Jogle wrote:

Jogle wrote:

But it’s ok as, if that car is rear ended, Ford can they say that the accident wouldn’t have happened if the other car also had Ford’s self-driving technology. The only way to solve the dangers of their system is for every vehicle to have it. In much the same way as the only way to stop mass shootings in the USA is more guns

Correct – you can see this as either an arms race (“I have to drive my kids to school as everyone else does, it’s not safe to walk / cycle”) or a self-reinforcing strategy.

[Jogle]

brooksby wrote:

brooksby wrote:

”… if they don’t respond, the car will steadily slow down to a stop,” she said.

Erm – ‘steadily slow down to a stop’ while driving on the motorway (the only road it’s able to use this ‘self-driving’ tech on)? 

But it’s ok as, if that car is rear ended, Ford can they say that the accident wouldn’t have happened if the other car also had Ford’s self-driving technology.

The only way to solve the dangers of their system is for every vehicle to have it. In much the same way as the only way to stop mass shootings in the USA is more guns

[brooksby]

Quote:

”… if they don’t respond, the car will steadily slow down to a stop,” she said.

Erm – ‘steadily slow down to a stop’ while driving on the motorway (the only road it’s able to use this ‘self-driving’ tech on)? 

[Jogle]

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”If your eyes are closed, the car will prompt you to put hands onto the steering wheel and take control… It will keep prompting the driver and if they don’t respond, the car will steadily slow down to a stop,” she said.

So it will allow you to continue with your eyes closed as long as your hands are on the steering wheel?

[Jogle]

hawkinspeter wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Ford launches hands-free driving on UK motorways

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65272929

Ministers have approved the “hands-off, eyes-on” technology for use on certain motorways.

It can control steering, acceleration and braking but a camera will monitor a driver’s eyes so they stay on the road.

The technology will only be available for 2023 models of its electric Mustang Mach-E SUV at first.

It can also keep a safe distance from other cars and even bring them to a complete stop in traffic jams, although it is only offered on a subscription basis.

The first 90 days are included with the purchase of the £50,830 car but drivers will then have to sign up for a monthly subscription.

How many drivers are going to buy a pair of these, I wonder?

How many drivers are going to pay the subscription?

“Sorry mate, I had no way of avoiding you as my subscription had just run out”

[hawkinspeter]

brooksby wrote:

Ford launches hands-free driving on UK motorways

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65272929

Ministers have approved the “hands-off, eyes-on” technology for use on certain motorways.

It can control steering, acceleration and braking but a camera will monitor a driver’s eyes so they stay on the road.

The technology will only be available for 2023 models of its electric Mustang Mach-E SUV at first.

It can also keep a safe distance from other cars and even bring them to a complete stop in traffic jams, although it is only offered on a subscription basis.

The first 90 days are included with the purchase of the £50,830 car but drivers will then have to sign up for a monthly subscription.

How many drivers are going to buy a pair of these, I wonder?

[brooksby]

Ford launches hands-free

Ford launches hands-free driving on UK motorways

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65272929

Ministers have approved the “hands-off, eyes-on” technology for use on certain motorways.

It can control steering, acceleration and braking but a camera will monitor a driver’s eyes so they stay on the road.

The technology will only be available for 2023 models of its electric Mustang Mach-E SUV at first.

It can also keep a safe distance from other cars and even bring them to a complete stop in traffic jams, although it is only offered on a subscription basis.

The first 90 days are included with the purchase of the £50,830 car but drivers will then have to sign up for a monthly subscription.

[David9694]

Car-centric Castlepoint 

Car-centric Castlepoint 

Car left stranded on Castlepoint car park roundabout

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/23454352.car-left-stranded-castlepoint-car-park-roundabout/

[David9694]

The account in the Mirror is

The account in the Mirror is much better – no idea why this is national news though. 

…Department for Transport suggest it will take South Gloucestershire Council 742 years to repair its crumbling roads and potholes

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/woman-90-gets-kebab-delivered-29694295

[chrisonabike]

I’ll take the curry, but just

I’ll take the curry, but just wrap it in a chapati – I’ve gone tubless.

[chrisonabike]

I’ve have far fewer blowouts

I’ve have far fewer blowouts since then – just the odd minor leak which stops within a minute…

[chrisonabike]

David9694 wrote:

* fails after some thought to think of any pun connecting tyres and kebabs *

Just after a snack mate – one of those Snickers will do.  Oh no, they’re Marathons again, I’ll never get the wrapper off.

[David9694]

Not at those inflated prices.

Not at those inflated prices. 

[Rendel Harris]

mark1a wrote:

Does this establishment have a Michelin star?

Nah mate but we’ve got one of them Pirelli calendars if that helps? Bit cheeky but gives the gaff a kind of Continental feel, know what I mean?

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