{"id":12067,"date":"2017-02-27T07:11:02","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T07:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12067"},"modified":"2017-02-26T20:23:45","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T20:23:45","slug":"blogathon-2717-self-driving-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12067","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon 27\/17: Self-driving car"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like my new car.<\/p>\n

I Bluetooth my phone to the in-car entertainment system and amazing things happen.<\/p>\n

I can read incoming SMS messages on a display.<\/p>\n

I can view and autodial my contacts by voice-activated command.<\/p>\n

I have full hands-free\/speakerphone capability as I trundle around the countryside.<\/p>\n

I can plug my iPod Classic in to the in-car entertainment system, and access any of my many playlists\/podcasts.<\/p>\n

The external lights are fully automatic; in normal daylight the front lights are permanently on.<\/p>\n

But when it gets gloomier or darker front and rear lights come on.<\/p>\n

And if there’s nothing in front of me travelling in the same direction, and nothing coming in the opposite direction, the lights automatically go to full-beam.<\/p>\n

And back to dip again, when something is in front.<\/p>\n

The wipers are fully automatic.<\/p>\n

The sensors on the rear bumper activate a visual display and audio warning if my reverse parking is too tight.<\/p>\n

If I’m closing too quickly on the car in front, an audio and visual warning pops up.<\/p>\n

If I ignore these warnings, the car brakes itself!<\/p>\n

If I run low on fuel, the SatNav automatically offers to route me to the nearest open filling station.<\/p>\n

But for all these safety features – and more, that the car has – I have found one significant gap.<\/p>\n

The radio allows me to accidentally listen to Steve Wright in the Afternoon.<\/p>\n

I mean, with all that technology on board, you’d have thought the designers would have sorted that out, wouldn’t you?<\/p>\n

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