Comments on: Intelligent Traffic Lights http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/07/28/intelligent-traffic-lights/ Moving Together, Faster Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:44:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Mom http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/07/28/intelligent-traffic-lights/#comment-8053 Mom Sat, 02 Aug 2008 02:47:45 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=2572#comment-8053 Kordor seems to think you have socialist tendencies. So is this really about government control or automation control? And where does man come in? Mom Kordor seems to think you have socialist tendencies. So is this really about government control or automation control? And where does man come in?

Mom

]]> By: JM Palacios http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/07/28/intelligent-traffic-lights/#comment-7884 JM Palacios Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:38:04 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=2572#comment-7884 We want the cars to be fully automated. So essentially, that would be yes. The infrastructure would be controlling the speed of the car, much like computers control the speed and operation of the Metromover. It's not about government controlling your speed. It's about your car going from a dumb machine to a fully automated automobile that drives itself. No to the baby killing, though. Babies are not machines. We want the cars to be fully automated. So essentially, that would be yes. The infrastructure would be controlling the speed of the car, much like computers control the speed and operation of the Metromover. It’s not about government controlling your speed. It’s about your car going from a dumb machine to a fully automated automobile that drives itself.

No to the baby killing, though. Babies are not machines.

]]> By: Kordor http://www.transitmiami.com/2008/07/28/intelligent-traffic-lights/#comment-7881 Kordor Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:43:39 +0000 http://www.transitmiami.com/?p=2572#comment-7881 "The driver is ultimately responsible for whether or not he will follow the suggested speed. We anxiously await the day the vehicles and the traffic signals control the speeds independently." You want the government to control the speed of the car, with no discretion to the driver? Do you also want the government aborting babies with Down syndrome? “The driver is ultimately responsible for whether or not he will follow the suggested speed. We anxiously await the day the vehicles and the traffic signals control the speeds independently.”

You want the government to control the speed of the car, with no discretion to the driver? Do you also want the government aborting babies with Down syndrome?

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