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June 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Ray Massey
19:21 EST, 25 June 2012
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19:38 EST, 25 June 2012
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction. Stressed out and stuck in a traffic jam, what does the driver do? He simply presses a button and lets his car drive itself.
The motorist is then free to take his hands off the steering wheel and feet off the pedals while he enjoys some much-needed relaxation.
When the traffic jam ends and the car reaches 30mph, the auto-pilot –called ‘Traffic Jam Assist’ – hands control of the vehicle back to the refreshed driver. If you think the concept sounds too good to be true, think again.
Traffic jam? Time to relax… Ford claim that within five years some of their models will boast auto-pilot technology that will steer you through congestion
Ford reckon the revolutionary technology will be available on several of their models within five years.
Experts say its widespread adoption could help speed up traffic caught in jams by up to 37 per cent and reduce journey times by 20 per cent by helping cars keep pace more efficiently with the flow of the traffic.
Prototypes are being tested at Ford’s European research and advanced engineering centre in Aachen, Germany, and in the US.
The system works using a camera and radar behind the rear-view mirror which scans and ‘reads’ the road ahead by picking out the white lines which mark the lane, plus any other traffic.
Signals are then sent to the ‘brains’ of the system in a computer central processing unit or ‘black box.’
Once a jam is detected, the car uses a voice command to ask the driver if they want to relinquish control of the car and switch to Traffic Jam Assist.
If the answer is ‘yes’, then the car assumes command – braking to stop a collision with the car in front or to slow down to meet its speed, and then accelerating to keep up with the flow of cars in front when they move off.
It will even recognise a car that ‘cuts in’ ahead of the vehicle in front and take appropriate braking action if required.
The current system is only designed for motorways or dual-carriageways, rather than in urban traffic where the picture is further complicated by pedestrians and cyclists.
But coping with that level of sophistication is just a matter of time.
Ford bosses point out that cars have become increasingly autonomous in recent years with additions such as ‘adaptive cruise control which applies brakes if the traffic ahead slows down, ‘lane-assist’ which will warn a sleepy or inattentive driver if a car is drifting out of its lane and nudge it back on track, and ‘park assist’ which helps perform parallel parking.
Pim van der Jagt, managing director of Ford’s Aachen operation, insists that there is no legal impediment to introducing the system on British roads.
‘It can be allowed now,’ he said, ‘The car will stay in the middle of the lane even when the motorway takes a curve. It will accelerate, brake and steer itself in a jam.’
However, Ford bosses insist that the driver still has to pay some attention.
Switching to auto-pilot during a jam and then reading a newspaper would not be considered sensible, they say, even though some of their marketing graphics show a man waving a coffee cup and eating a doughnut while driving hands and feet-free.
Ford research engineer Joseph Urhahne said: ‘Drivers spend more than 30 per cent of their time in heavy traffic.
‘And if there’s one thing more frustrating than being stuck in a jam, it’s being stuck in a jam where drivers are slow to keep pace with the movement around them.’
Traffic Jam Assist could help make travelling through congestion a more relaxing experience and, by keeping pace with the flow of traffic, potentially help relieve road congestion.’
Ford’s global executive chairman, Bill Ford, great grandson of the company’s founder Henry Ford, told a science conference in Barcelona in February that the fully self-driving car could be a reality by 2025 – just 13 years away.
He said the company was responding to forecasts that the one billion cars on the road today could quadruple by 2050. ‘I’m confident that we will see many of these advances on the road in this mid-term period because the early versions are already being designed, and in most cases, tested,’ he said.
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what do we all do for work when even the PM is replaced by a robot.- Dave, UK, 26/6/2012 05:17 ########################### The country will become a decent place to be, as robots will be able to make decisions based on common sense and not the mindless twaddle that is currently being spouted out by our PM.
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You invent driverless cars, trucks,trains,aircraft and robots that do just about anything. Thats great for the inventor who makes millions but what do we all do for work when even the PM is replaced by a robot.
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And the wife would still manage to put a dent in it.
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If it’s as accurate as some satnavs we could be reading some hilarious stories in the DM.
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As long as the system use was optional, I would welcome the idea. Just imagine getting up early for work in the dead of winter, shuffling off to your car half asleep with a mug of tea, entering the destination into the auto pilot then dozing back off for the hour or two it takes to bustle it’s way from home to work through the gridlock where an alarm would sound just in time for you to drop the window, swipe your barrier key select a parking spot….This would be a cool way to get out of the commute stress. My drive to work is not too bad now at 40 mins each way but in a previous job it had hit ridiculous at 21/2 hours each way for a round trip of only 150km…It made my working day including travel into a 14 hour zombie drudge so that by the time I got home each day, I would slump in the chair with beans on toast for barely half an hour before going to bed five days a week.
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