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Old 05-30-2024, 09:45 AM
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If I had to rely on technology, the road never existed, the car would have just sat there I guess. The Starke road was closed. Fortunately I read the detour signs, I didn’t have technology read all the deviations, I handled the situation quite well without it.

Which brings to question, “Just how reliable can an automated car be in all situations?” If a road suddenly floods out during a hurricane, I’d rather be in control. I would hate to have been on a Francis Scott Key Baltimore bridge and my car kept driving because of a hazardous situation hadn’t been updated yet.
But if a satellite fell out of the sky towards your car, the cameras and sensors on the car might be able to see it and avoid it while you would be unaware of it and be hit.

If we put aside those things that we are never likely to encounter, the technology is more aware than a human, more focused than a human, more accurate than a human, and quicker to react than a human.
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