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1. lets do both

Wed Mar 22, 2017, 12:01 PM

Mar 2017

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Seems like a lot of attackers are using vehicles to mow down crowds as of late... [View all] Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 OP

lets do both gopiscrap Mar 2017 #1

Sure, why not. Iggo Mar 2017 #12

Automated braking already works and ships with a lot of new cars Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #9

That would mean removing all existing vehicles from the road Amishman Mar 2017 #3

Retrofitting Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #8

Who pays for retrofitting? Marengo Mar 2017 #11

Idk Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #14

You are going to retrofit a 1994 GMC Blazer for drive by wire? snooper2 Mar 2017 #13

Technology is wild Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #15

I recall predicting this tactic way back in gun control debates Calculating Mar 2017 #5

As world populations grow that becomes increasingly impossible Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #10

I can't see how automation would stop anything but an impulse attack NWCorona Mar 2017 #6

a gun doesn't get me to work lame54 Mar 2017 #7

If someone can craft a law that will actually ensure gilbert sullivan Mar 2017 #16

And a car can't defend your family gilbert sullivan Mar 2017 #17

I work five days a week... lame54 Mar 2017 #18

As do I, and I buy insurance but have never actually needed it. gilbert sullivan Mar 2017 #19

Benes!!! Averagegrunt Mar 2017 #20

What insurance are you talking about lame54 Mar 2017 #21

Any and all kinds. gilbert sullivan Mar 2017 #22

If you're financing a house you HAVE to have insurance... lame54 Mar 2017 #24

There are places with sufficiently good public transportation PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #29

Hackers...*cough* *cough* nt Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #26

Some states are trying to say that it's not against the law woodsprite Mar 2017 #27

cough*define a lot*cough L. Coyote Mar 2017 #28

Self driving cares will use systems easily hacked to do the same. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #30

In Europe yes - no easy access to guns underpants Mar 2017 #31