Majick Thise: It's a 4 door and seats 5... it is NOT a sports car

Doesn't driving your kids to soccer practice count as sports?

Does it have a button in the middle to call for a semi to pull into and reload?

Fano: Does it have a button in the middle to call for a semi to pull into and reload?



*Peter Gunn approved

jimmyego: FTFA: "The concept cars' steering controls give drivers more space up front than if they had steering wheels, Honda said."

Really, over a century of the steering wheel concept which offers an obvious ergonomic communication as to its use, it being replaced for a bit more leg room?

your joysticks could have force feedback...... or a rumble pad setting

Does it look like this?

Pics or it doesn't exist.

Having a concept car doesn't mean a thing. GM had a joy stick controlled concept car in the early 1960s. It was called the BOCAR. It was also designed to follow a wire embedded in the highway so you could just set your destination and take a nap.

jimmyego: Really, over a century of the steering wheel concept which offers an obvious ergonomic communication as to its use, it being replaced for a bit more leg room?

Well, if they sell it in America it won't matter. Some 90% of the drivers that buy cars in this country can't even drive a manual, you think they have any idea how to interpret the feel of the car through the steering and pedals?

It's actually quite simple to use

The pic of this car reminds me of Tron... I'd cut off other drivers to take them out of the game muahaha

jimmyego: FTFA: "The concept cars' steering controls give drivers more space up front than if they had steering wheels, Honda said."

Really, over a century of the steering wheel concept which offers an obvious ergonomic communication as to its use, it being replaced for a bit more leg room?

Well it's more than a bit.
Going drive by wire also sheds a great deal of weight (steering column, adjustable seats, pedals and all the linkages) which makes the car cheaper to build and operate.

Steering wheels are great for long drives, but if google is to be believed then we won't be "driving" for much longer. Which means steering control is only for parking or in emergencies.

Do you really want a wheel in your face the whole time when you wont be using it?

/as opposed to a wide LCD screen and endless legroom.

If it is fail wheel drive it is not a real sports car.

Soooo, do I get to play Namco's "Assault" as practice?

Two joysticks?

All I need for MarioKart is one d-pad.

Stupid redundancy engineering.

...Yea, I think I could grow to like that.

/I agree they should lose the extra joystick.
/and put the remaining one on the side or in the middle.

way south: [dl.dropbox.com image 640x427]
...Yea, I think I could grow to like that.

Yeah, so could I. Too bad by the time this car actually gets into production it'll look just like every other Accord has for the last five years.

The problem with auto drive ends up being liability. After all that actually making something that can drive itself of course. When someone spaces out and has an accident it's an accident. When the computer makes a mistake or glitches they'll have someone to sue. Unless everybody has to sign some waver that they know the risk and can't sue it can't go anywhere.

So, the thing drives like a tank? What is the second joystick for?

No, thank you. You can have my steering wheel, gear lever, and clutch pedal when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers and/or toes.

Robo Beat: No, thank you. You can have my steering wheel, gear lever, and clutch pedal when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers and/or toes.

You sound old, and your passing will signal a step forward in human and technological evolution.

TheSwizz: Robo Beat: No, thank you. You can have my steering wheel, gear lever, and clutch pedal when you pry them from my cold, dead fingers and/or toes.

You sound old, and your passing will signal a step forward in human and technological evolution.

I'm 29, and you can eat shiat and die.

How many years until Honda returns to tillers and Oster coats?

Interstate '16!! Just hope the RADAR controlled guns are more accurate. Love the fire dropper.

/google Interstate "76

NBSV: The problem with auto drive ends up being liability. After all that actually making something that can drive itself of course. When someone spaces out and has an accident it's an accident. When the computer makes a mistake or glitches they'll have someone to sue. Unless everybody has to sign some waver that they know the risk and can't sue it can't go anywhere.

Judging by the EULA's that we sign all the time, this is probably what will happen.
People are still in the drivers seat and presumed to be alert and monitoring the auto-pilots actions.

Overall tho, I think we could be looking at making car accidents as rare as train accidents if these systems work anywhere near as well as the sales pitch sounds. A few lawsuits here and there would end in an overall savings for the motoring public compared to what happens now in traffic court.

And Logitech will make a dock for your favourite joystick and chair, and for you, too ... smile blithely as it trundles you in and out of Mocha-Choca-Frappa to your robo-transpo, then snicks you into its little cocoon of sustained non-involvement, where the sights and smells of the icky visceral world are replaced by video images of me putting all eight cylinders up your drone arse.

/put your boot into it and drive, for fark sake.
//lounge at me, robro

so it drives like a Gundam?

barefoot in the head: put your boot into it and drive, for fark sake.

Why would you want to?
The roads are for transportation, not entertainment.

If automated and networked cars can eliminate things like speed limits and stop lights then it makes the system more efficient. Which means it costs the taxpayers less money and provides a far better service.
You could be spending the time watching movies or reading instead of dodging other cars, all while getting to your destination faster.

/Your V8 sounds like its impeding traffic.

way south: barefoot in the head: put your boot into it and drive, for fark sake.

Why would you want to?
The roads are for transportation, not entertainment.

If automated and networked cars can eliminate things like speed limits and stop lights then it makes the system more efficient. Which means it costs the taxpayers less money and provides a far better service.
You could be spending the time watching movies or reading instead of dodging other cars, all while getting to your destination faster.

/Your V8 sounds like its impeding traffic.

That's just all farking kinds of bloodless sad.

barefoot in the head: way south: barefoot in the head: put your boot into it and drive, for fark sake.

Why would you want to?
The roads are for transportation, not entertainment.

If automated and networked cars can eliminate things like speed limits and stop lights then it makes the system more efficient. Which means it costs the taxpayers less money and provides a far better service.
You could be spending the time watching movies or reading instead of dodging other cars, all while getting to your destination faster.

/Your V8 sounds like its impeding traffic.

That's just all farking kinds of bloodless sad.

Its called progress, you'll get used to it.

/You can always ride your old horse and buggy on the track.
/Drive it through rush hour traffic and you'll piss people off.

Smug prick.

One of us wants the the thrill, the other just wants to chill. Who's old, couch jockey?

barefoot in the head: Smug prick.

One of us wants the the thrill, the other just wants to chill. Who's old, couch jockey?

Maybe I'm smug or just being realistic.
I also love to drive but, in exchange for the benefits, I'd be willing to surrender the controls when the time comes.
We'll just have to find excitement from something's besides playing in traffic.