I am shocked to learn that Bashar Al-Assad has £55 million in a HSBC account.
Who would have thought the bank who were the bankers for, inter alia, Hezbollah and the IRGC would be the bank of choice for Assad?
It’s a shame that BCCI no longer exist, for people like Assad. At my first law firm, we used to call them the Bank of Crack and Cocaine, much to the annoyance of the partner who worked for them.
Mind you, I’d have thought Goldman Sachs or Deutsche Bank would be the best fit for Assad.
If the Russian economy tanks/The Bank of Russia runs out of money I would be shocked to see Deutsche Bank have problems.
Douche Bank has er….. donated to everyone in German politics. If they ran into serious trouble all kinds of interesting things would come out. So they would be bailed out no matter what.
Another thing to remember about autonomous cars: a vast amount of money has already been spent on the technology. Well over a $100 billion. Whilst the tech will be transformative if it can be made to work as well as they promise, I find it hard to see that much profit coming back through car sales. A couple of companies may get the magic formula; a lot of others are going to lose their shirts.
Which is the problem for many new tech investments.
And why people claiming 'investment' is the answer to every problem are wrong.
For the self-driving sceptics. It already looks pretty well unstoppable in large urban centres.
Waymo's market share is now equal to Lyft within SF. Incredible.
Network effects is one of the best sources of defensibility. But it's proven to be not that important in ridesharing.
You need a minimum network size, but once you have that, there are diminishing returns. In each geo, Uber and Lyft need enough drivers to have reasonable wait times. Once wait times hit that acceptable threshold, the incremental driver doesn't improve the rider experience (eg if my Uber ride is coming in 2-4 minutes, I don't really care about the wait times getting faster).
When Waymo launched in August 2023, Uber and Lyft were at 66% and 34% share in SF.
15 months later in November 2024, Waymo is at 22% - the same as Lyft - with Uber at 55%.
Both Uber and Lyft lost low double digit % pts of market share, but it's more painful for Lyft. Lyft gave up ~1/3 of their share. Uber lost ~1/6... https://x.com/aleximm/status/1867257473671082356
This is why Tesla are building Robotaxis. Automation will roll out, and when it does the likes of Uber will happily remove the human factor and simply have the whole network automated.
I predicted self driving cars taking over, ten years ago. Unfortunately I predicted they’d be here in five years. On that basis expect whatever I predict to happen, to happen, but double my time estimate
I am shocked to learn that Bashar Al-Assad has £55 million in a HSBC account.
Who would have thought the bank who were the bankers for, inter alia, Hezbollah and the IRGC would be the bank of choice for Assad?
I love the way HSBC rolls out the red carpet for all sorts of dodgy folk, I try and buy a few nice bottles of wine for Christmas the other day and I got flagged for fraudulent activity....
Get yourself an AMEX they are the best for dealing with stuff.
On topic, I wonder if Badenoch doesn’t realise a bagel isn’t a sandwich? That might explain her error.
On topic I wonder if Badenoch truly is as politically dense as she appears. There are an endless list of things she could attack Labour over. Instead she’s attacking herself.
This is the problem. At the moment, I sense she won't last.
What she wants to do is spend 2 years developing lots of detailed policies and then roll them out and hope that wins an election.
I don’t want to be overly cynical, but does having detailed policies win you an election?
Good question. But more important is setting out your vision, stall as a leader, priorities and framing the debate.
Another thing to remember about autonomous cars: a vast amount of money has already been spent on the technology. Well over a $100 billion. Whilst the tech will be transformative if it can be made to work as well as they promise, I find it hard to see that much profit coming back through car sales. A couple of companies may get the magic formula; a lot of others are going to lose their shirts.
It's not just the tech, though. I was reading a report recently by a female reporter who'd taken automated taxis in San Francisco. One arrived with a cock and balls scrawled across the side. While in another, she was involved in an unpleasant incident in which two men stood in front of the car preventing it from moving. After a while they wandered off, but for a while she thought she was going to be robbed or worse.
@Casino_Royale question in good faith, do you think those rioters and those who egged it on weren’t at least partially motivated by racism?
I'm not debating the riots or the rioters.
I'm challenging the tired trope of fingerpointing racist and fascist at right-wing politicians.
But do you agree that the rioters were racist and so therefore were the riots? I’m not trying to trip you up, I just think it’s hard to legitimately argue they weren’t.
I’m not saying right wing politicians are racist or fascist but I think it’s hard to state in this case that what say Isobel Oakeshott said wasn’t racist?
I am shocked to learn that Bashar Al-Assad has £55 million in a HSBC account.
Who would have thought the bank who were the bankers for, inter alia, Hezbollah and the IRGC would be the bank of choice for Assad?
I love the way HSBC rolls out the red carpet for all sorts of dodgy folk, I try and buy a few nice bottles of wine for Christmas the other day and I got flagged for fraudulent activity....
Get yourself an AMEX they are the best for dealing with stuff.
A friend's young son went to the US with a couple mates, twenty odd years ago.
One of the other lads was given an AMEX black card by his father - "just in case".
Well, on the day of 9/11, as they were walking in Manhattan to have breakfast in the Windows on the World restaurant at the World Trade Centre, it came in very handy. He remembered his father saying AMEX offices had a satellite phone. So when the mobile networks went down, he was able to go to their office and let their parents know they had overslept and so hadn't got to the WTC...
Just been boning up on the details of the fateful French budget for an article, and it’s remarkable how familiar some of the themes are.
Social security tax changes hitting low paid work. Reversal of tax breaks on domestic electricity rather like WFA, fiscal drag, though also a couple of taxes for very high paid individuals.
Always good to know things could be even worse. Our deficit is over 4%. Theirs is touching 6%. The USA’s is over 6% and net debt is 130% of GDP. Next year if even half of Trump’s tax promises are actually delivered it’ll balloon to Japanese levels.
Just been boning up on the details of the fateful French budget for an article, and it’s remarkable how familiar some of the themes are.
Social security tax changes hitting low paid work. Reversal of tax breaks on domestic electricity rather like WFA, fiscal drag, though also a couple of taxes for very high paid individuals.
Always good to know things could be even worse. Our deficit is over 4%. Theirs is touching 6%. The USA’s is over 6% and net debt is 130% of GDP.
Its almost as if the economy is largely driven by demographics rather than politicians.
Very, very tired tropes on here today about right-wingers being fascists and racists.
We've heard that nonsense over 20 years.
Wasn't true then and isn't true now.
I haven't even referred to Farage as Nigel Fuhrer yet.
These Reformers are political opponent of yours. Come in, enjoy the show!
Yes, but you fuel it with silly comments like that - not inhibit it.
Nigel Farage isn't a fascist or a racist. He can be loudmouth pub bore, boorish and chauvinistic, but that's not the same thing.
If that is the case he should dissociate himself from Isabel Oatshott and her interviewer on TalkTV. A blind man on a galloping camel can see they are both racist and it is they who made the connection to being 'Right-Wing'
Just been boning up on the details of the fateful French budget for an article, and it’s remarkable how familiar some of the themes are.
Social security tax changes hitting low paid work. Reversal of tax breaks on domestic electricity rather like WFA, fiscal drag, though also a couple of taxes for very high paid individuals.
Always good to know things could be even worse. Our deficit is over 4%. Theirs is touching 6%. The USA’s is over 6% and net debt is 130% of GDP.
Its almost as if the economy is largely driven by demographics rather than politicians.
Precisely the gist of my upcoming column (which I’ve now sent off for editing). Demographics plus a series of really quite profound fiscal shocks: financial crisis, Eurozone crisis, Brexit (which affected the EU too), Covid, Ukraine. Few countries would easily navigate that poly-whammy.
Just been boning up on the details of the fateful French budget for an article, and it’s remarkable how familiar some of the themes are.
Social security tax changes hitting low paid work. Reversal of tax breaks on domestic electricity rather like WFA, fiscal drag, though also a couple of taxes for very high paid individuals.
Always good to know things could be even worse. Our deficit is over 4%. Theirs is touching 6%. The USA’s is over 6% and net debt is 130% of GDP. Next year if even half of Trump’s tax promises are actually delivered it’ll balloon to Japanese levels.
With the answer being the same:
Increased taxes on property and the rich Reduced spending on oldies and the poor Higher productivity and a delayed state retirement age for workers
No exceptions, everyone must suffer and be seen to suffer.
Another thing to remember about autonomous cars: a vast amount of money has already been spent on the technology. Well over a $100 billion. Whilst the tech will be transformative if it can be made to work as well as they promise, I find it hard to see that much profit coming back through car sales. A couple of companies may get the magic formula; a lot of others are going to lose their shirts.
It's not just the tech, though. I was reading a report recently by a female reporter who'd taken automated taxis in San Francisco. One arrived with a cock and balls scrawled across the side. While in another, she was involved in an unpleasant incident in which two men stood in front of the car preventing it from moving. After a while they wandered off, but for a while she thought she was going to be robbed or worse.
And here’s an alternative account by another female reporter
“It’s wild to me that self-driving cars are still a novelty to many.
I’ve had @Waymo access for a year and just took my 300th ride.
It’s completely replaced my driving and Ubers in SF - I take 7 rides / week when in town!”
“Friends sometimes ask why Waymo?
IMO, the experience is 10x better in many ways.
You never have to worry about a creepy or unsafe driver. The cars arrive on time. You don’t feel bad about taking calls. You pick the music and temperature.
Very, very tired tropes on here today about right-wingers being fascists and racists.
We've heard that nonsense over 20 years.
Wasn't true then and isn't true now.
I haven't even referred to Farage as Nigel Fuhrer yet.
These Reformers are political opponent of yours. Come in, enjoy the show!
Yes, but you fuel it with silly comments like that - not inhibit it.
Nigel Farage isn't a fascist or a racist. He can be loudmouth pub bore, boorish and chauvinistic, but that's not the same thing.
If that is the case he should dissociate himself from Isabel Oatshott and her interviewer on TalkTV. A blind man on a galloping camel can see they are both racist and it is they who made the connection to being 'Right-Wing'
Just been boning up on the details of the fateful French budget for an article, and it’s remarkable how familiar some of the themes are.
Social security tax changes hitting low paid work. Reversal of tax breaks on domestic electricity rather like WFA, fiscal drag, though also a couple of taxes for very high paid individuals.
Always good to know things could be even worse. Our deficit is over 4%. Theirs is touching 6%. The USA’s is over 6% and net debt is 130% of GDP.
Its almost as if the economy is largely driven by demographics rather than politicians.
Precisely the gist of my upcoming column (which I’ve now sent off for editing). Demographics plus a series of really quite profound fiscal shocks: financial crisis, Eurozone crisis, Brexit (which affected the EU too), Covid, Ukraine. Few countries would easily navigate that poly-whammy.
If you frame it that way, then the central question of Western politics could be whether mass immigration is solving a demographic problem or creating one.
@Casino_Royale question in good faith, do you think those rioters and those who egged it on weren’t at least partially motivated by racism?
I'm not debating the riots or the rioters.
I'm challenging the tired trope of fingerpointing racist and fascist at right-wing politicians.
But do you agree that the rioters were racist and so therefore were the riots? I’m not trying to trip you up, I just think it’s hard to legitimately argue they weren’t.
I’m not saying right wing politicians are racist or fascist but I think it’s hard to state in this case that what say Isobel Oakeshott said wasn’t racist?
Some of the rioters were racist and some were not but all of them were people who wanted to riot.
They were the sort of people who a few decades ago would be doing their fighting at demonstrations, on picket lines, at football matches and in town centres on Saturday nights.
Just been boning up on the details of the fateful French budget for an article, and it’s remarkable how familiar some of the themes are.
Social security tax changes hitting low paid work. Reversal of tax breaks on domestic electricity rather like WFA, fiscal drag, though also a couple of taxes for very high paid individuals.
Always good to know things could be even worse. Our deficit is over 4%. Theirs is touching 6%. The USA’s is over 6% and net debt is 130% of GDP.
Its almost as if the economy is largely driven by demographics rather than politicians.
Precisely the gist of my upcoming column (which I’ve now sent off for editing). Demographics plus a series of really quite profound fiscal shocks: financial crisis, Eurozone crisis, Brexit (which affected the EU too), Covid, Ukraine. Few countries would easily navigate that poly-whammy.
If you frame it that way, then the central question of Western politics could be whether mass immigration is solving a demographic problem or creating one.
Or it could be just one of a large number of important questions, which happens to have particular prominence among voters due to its visibility.
@Casino_Royale question in good faith, do you think those rioters and those who egged it on weren’t at least partially motivated by racism?
I'm not debating the riots or the rioters.
I'm challenging the tired trope of fingerpointing racist and fascist at right-wing politicians.
But do you agree that the rioters were racist and so therefore were the riots? I’m not trying to trip you up, I just think it’s hard to legitimately argue they weren’t.
I’m not saying right wing politicians are racist or fascist but I think it’s hard to state in this case that what say Isobel Oakeshott said wasn’t racist?
Some of the rioters were racist and some were not but all of them were people who wanted to riot.
They were the sort of people who a few decades ago would be doing their fighting at demonstrations, on picket lines, at football matches and in town centres on Saturday nights.
Very, very tired tropes on here today about right-wingers being fascists and racists.
We've heard that nonsense over 20 years.
Wasn't true then and isn't true now.
I haven't even referred to Farage as Nigel Fuhrer yet.
These Reformers are political opponent of yours. Come in, enjoy the show!
Yes, but you fuel it with silly comments like that - not inhibit it.
Nigel Farage isn't a fascist or a racist. He can be loudmouth pub bore, boorish and chauvinistic, but that's not the same thing.
I haven't reviewed the discussion as I have just got in so my post could be a hostage to fortune, but I agree with @Casino_Royale. As Casino said, Farage isn't a fascist or a racist and he can be loudmouth pub bore, boorish and chauvinistic, but that's not the same thing. I would also add he is rather good at what he does. Very good indeed. He has had more impact on the UK than most of our recent PMs and I say that even though I disagree with most of what he stands for.
Re the overnight spat between him and Kemi there is only one winner out of this and that is Reform/Farage and only one loser, Kemi/Tories. I guess there might also be a knock on benefit to the other parties as well at the expense of Kemi/Tories.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
Attacking sandwiches is a weird thing for a UK politician to do.
It's like attacking fish and chips. Ot tea. It's fine if you don't like them, but it probably an opinion that's best kept to yourself if you are trying to be popular.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
Also noteworthy that Barnier lasted precisely 2 Trusses. 90 days. The shortest prime ministerial term in French history.
I love the fact that we have a time measurement now. I'm struggling to think of another one. For other measurements we have always had the bus, the swimming pool, the shed, the tennis court, the football pitch, wales, etc, but have always missed a decent time measurement.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
Can they be programmed not to park in disabled bays unless they have a permit?
I don't "hate" sandwiches but as I get older and the inch war get's harder every year, I have come to realize that bread is absolutely terrible for weight gain and should be limited as much as possible.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
There’s a trillion different circumstances where you can say “oh they’ll never do that”. But the thing is: that’s what they said about urban driving in the USA. What if a dog runs into the road, or two self drives collide, or a pushchair falls off a lorry onto a bicycle on a blind corner… yet they’ve overcome all that
They will overcome every tricky situation everywhere, in the end. Because the technology is only getting better. The end of the car is now
I don't "hate" sandwiches but as I get older and the inch war get's harder every year, I have come to realize that bread is absolutely terrible for weight gain and should be limited as much as possible.
I’m right now tucking into a nice homemade bacon and avo sandwich. Kemi is wrong.
Attacking sandwiches is a weird thing for a UK politician to do.
It's like attacking fish and chips. Ot tea. It's fine if you don't like them, but it probably an opinion that's best kept to yourself if you are trying to be popular.
Yes. However, quiche, quinoa and muesli would have been fair game... 😂
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
Can they be programmed not to park in disabled bays unless they have a permit?
As long as self-driving requires a certified driver to be present and ready to intercede at a moment's notice it's hugely flawed.
Humans can concentrate at a low level for a long time. See playing video games, or just driving. But doing nothing yet being ready to act at a moment's notice on pain of serious injury/death, and holding that for hours on end, is not something we're psychologically capable of handling.
One of the reasons that train drivers and pilots deserve every penny they earn.
I don't "hate" sandwiches but as I get older and the inch war get's harder every year, I have come to realize that bread is absolutely terrible for weight gain and should be limited as much as possible.
I’m right now tucking into a nice homemade bacon and avo sandwich. Kemi is wrong.
I am partial to a bacon butty (and hopefully don't embarrass myself like Red Ed when eating it)
Very, very tired tropes on here today about right-wingers being fascists and racists.
We've heard that nonsense over 20 years.
Wasn't true then and isn't true now.
I haven't even referred to Farage as Nigel Fuhrer yet.
These Reformers are political opponent of yours. Come in, enjoy the show!
Yes, but you fuel it with silly comments like that - not inhibit it.
Nigel Farage isn't a fascist or a racist. He can be loudmouth pub bore, boorish and chauvinistic, but that's not the same thing.
If that is the case he should dissociate himself from Isabel Oatshott and her interviewer on TalkTV. A blind man on a galloping camel can see they are both racist and it is they who made the connection to being 'Right-Wing'
She's married to Tice. They're the power couple of the populist right.
Off topic, but I was struck by this from the Mail Online: Locals in Britain's prettiest town of Woodbridge, Suffolk, slammed a newbuild estate next to them as 'madness' and said the works would 'stress out' their cats. Labour's housebuilding plans are doomed, aren't they? We can't have stressed-out cats.
As long as self-driving requires a certified driver to be present and ready to intercede at a moment's notice it's hugely flawed.
Humans can concentrate at a low level for a long time. See playing video games, or just driving. But doing nothing yet being ready to act at a moment's notice on pain of serious injury/death, and holding that for hours on end, is not something we're psychologically capable of handling.
One of the reasons that train drivers and pilots deserve every penny they earn.
Does @Morris_Dancer believe waymo self drives have a certified driver “present and ready to intercede at any moment”?
I don't "hate" sandwiches but as I get older and the inch war get's harder every year, I have come to realize that bread is absolutely terrible for weight gain and should be limited as much as possible.
I’m right now tucking into a nice homemade bacon and avo sandwich. Kemi is wrong.
I am partial to a bacon butty (and hopefully don't embarrass myself like Red Ed when eating it)
Enjoy!
Autocorrect weirdly kept wanting to change the spelling of avo, which would have made me look like a cannibalistic Aussie racist.
Off topic, but I was struck by this from the Mail Online: Locals in Britain's prettiest town of Woodbridge, Suffolk, slammed a newbuild estate next to them as 'madness' and said the works would 'stress out' their cats. Labour's housebuilding plans are doomed, aren't they? We can't have stressed-out cats.
Do cats vote - as they don't pick a better excuse..
I don't "hate" sandwiches but as I get older and the inch war get's harder every year, I have come to realize that bread is absolutely terrible for weight gain and should be limited as much as possible.
I’m right now tucking into a nice homemade bacon and avo sandwich. Kemi is wrong.
I am partial to a bacon butty (and hopefully don't embarrass myself like Red Ed when eating it)
Enjoy!
Autocorrect weirdly kept wanting to change the spelling of avo, which would have made me look like a cannibalistic Aussie racist.
LOL! I knew what you meant
Unfortunately I can't have avocados as they trigger migraines for me.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
In theory that's the kind of optimisation problem they ought to be quite good at. Google maps route algo already does something a bit like this.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
In theory that's the kind of optimisation problem they ought to be quite good at. Google maps route algo already does something a bit like this.
The trouble is it involves doing things that can theoretically cause damage. Reversing into a hedge sends the parking sensors crazy. Going part way down into a ditch would also presumably perturb the algo.
I'm on team Kemi for this one. Not the dislike of sanwiches but for airing an opinion that might not be popular. I'm tired of politicians who try and work out what they should think on points of irrelevance (getting their advisers to spend hours working on a desert island discs playlist) and think someone just saying what they think is a breath of fresh air. Is that impossible with the modern media and are we guilty of indulging them?
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
Can they be programmed not to park in disabled bays unless they have a permit?
Brilliant, that deserves lots of likes and a lesson to us all that when you dig a hole on PB, no matter who you are, you will be reminded of it for eternity. It is a good job most of us have a sense of humour and can take the piss being taken out of us.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
Having a stand-off with tractor in front and a couple of vehicles behind on a narrow Devon lane will be about the last thing they ever master.
If they ever do.
I've come across more than one human driver who has struggled with less taxing scenarios on country lanes. And once the computer has fixed it, they will stay fixed, whereas there's always a new twerp to come across who hasn't used reverse gear since their driving test.
Bearing in mind that there's not much difference to a computer between forwards and reverse, they'll probably end up finding it easier than humans before too long. Give it a few years and people will be chuckling to each other, "Remember before self-driving cars? Imagine Dave from accounts trying to do this?!?"
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
In theory that's the kind of optimisation problem they ought to be quite good at. Google maps route algo already does something a bit like this.
The trouble is it involves doing things that can theoretically cause damage. Reversing into a hedge sends the parking sensors crazy. Going part way down into a ditch would also presumably perturb the algo.
A robocar is going to be a lot less bothered about reversing 250 yards to the nearest driveway or road junction though, because it doesn't find reversing nearly as difficult as a human does and doesn't get bored or annoyed.
We can expect there to be different optimal solutions for a self-driving car than the ones that people use. They don't have to reproduce our solutions.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
Having a stand-off with tractor in front and a couple of vehicles behind on a narrow Devon lane will be about the last thing they ever master.
If they ever do.
I've come across more than one human driver who has struggled with less taxing scenarios on country lanes. And once the computer has fixed it, they will stay fixed, whereas there's always a new twerp to come across who hasn't used reverse gear since their driving test.
Bearing in mind that there's not much difference to a computer between forwards and reverse, they'll probably end up finding it easier than humans before too long. Give it a few years and people will be chuckling to each other, "Remember before self-driving cars? Imagine Dave from accounts trying to do this?!?"
If you look at TwiX, it’s full of people saying “OMG Waymos are brilliant, why did I never realise before”
Just two examples:
“I’m in a self-driving Waymo and it feels like the future. Haven’t felt this way in a long time.”
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
Having a stand-off with tractor in front and a couple of vehicles behind on a narrow Devon lane will be about the last thing they ever master.
If they ever do.
I've come across more than one human driver who has struggled with less taxing scenarios on country lanes. And once the computer has fixed it, they will stay fixed, whereas there's always a new twerp to come across who hasn't used reverse gear since their driving test.
Bearing in mind that there's not much difference to a computer between forwards and reverse, they'll probably end up finding it easier than humans before too long. Give it a few years and people will be chuckling to each other, "Remember before self-driving cars? Imagine Dave from accounts trying to do this?!?"
If you look at TwiX, it’s full of people saying “OMG Waymos are brilliant, why did I never realise before”
Just two examples:
“I’m in a self-driving Waymo and it feels like the future. Haven’t felt this way in a long time.”
I'm on team Kemi for this one. Not the dislike of sanwiches but for airing an opinion that might not be popular. I'm tired of politicians who try and work out what they should think on points of irrelevance (getting their advisers to spend hours working on a desert island discs playlist) and think someone just saying what they think is a breath of fresh air. Is that impossible with the modern media and are we guilty of indulging them?
I think you're right but she probably needs to establish herself and get some credibility in the bank before she can pull it off....
I'm on team Kemi for this one. Not the dislike of sanwiches but for airing an opinion that might not be popular. I'm tired of politicians who try and work out what they should think on points of irrelevance (getting their advisers to spend hours working on a desert island discs playlist) and think someone just saying what they think is a breath of fresh air. Is that impossible with the modern media and are we guilty of indulging them?
The worry is that the only thing she's ever said that got any king of resonance at all is about sandwiches. And the resonance wasn't in her favour. It's all looking a bit IDS a present.
I'm on team Kemi for this one. Not the dislike of sanwiches but for airing an opinion that might not be popular. I'm tired of politicians who try and work out what they should think on points of irrelevance (getting their advisers to spend hours working on a desert island discs playlist) and think someone just saying what they think is a breath of fresh air. Is that impossible with the modern media and are we guilty of indulging them?
The worry is that the only thing she's ever said that got any king of resonance at all is about sandwiches. And the resonance wasn't in her favour. It's all looking a bit IDS a present.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
In theory that's the kind of optimisation problem they ought to be quite good at. Google maps route algo already does something a bit like this.
The trouble is it involves doing things that can theoretically cause damage. Reversing into a hedge sends the parking sensors crazy. Going part way down into a ditch would also presumably perturb the algo.
A robocar is going to be a lot less bothered about reversing 250 yards to the nearest driveway or road junction though, because it doesn't find reversing nearly as difficult as a human does and doesn't get bored or annoyed.
We can expect there to be different optimal solutions for a self-driving car than the ones that people use. They don't have to reproduce our solutions.
Exactly right. Many people have a weird inability to extrapolate - perhaps it’s a lack of imagination? I dunno
Also in future vehicles will be designed as self driving from the start. No need for a driver’s seat or steering wheel - so they can be a lot smaller/narrower and therefore actually BETTER at negotiating narrow roads
You’ll have a choice. In some areas with narrow roads (rural Devon, Covent Garden) you will be able to select what kind of self drive car you want. If it’s just you going to the pub you’ll choose the smallest cheapest possible, which will be a kind of motorised podule
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
In theory that's the kind of optimisation problem they ought to be quite good at. Google maps route algo already does something a bit like this.
The trouble is it involves doing things that can theoretically cause damage. Reversing into a hedge sends the parking sensors crazy. Going part way down into a ditch would also presumably perturb the algo.
Our car can basically self drive itself, just it is not allowed to. We can do a limited amount without actually being in the car (I have only witnessed the salesman doing it as it scares the willies out of me that I can do a certain amount of driving without being in the vehicle as I only have very limited control). It brakes by itself if I am going to hit something, overrides my positioning on the road if I let it, has intelligent cruise control and knows where it is going.
The automatic braking has caused me problems now twice. I have needed to back up and because there were cars behind me it won't let me. They would not necessarily have been aware of the need for me to backup (Mexican stand off where the other vehicle has no where to go) and me moving back is my indication to cars behind me that they need to do likewise. There is probably some override, but when you are in that situation it is not like you can get the manual out. @MarqueeMark tractor on a lane is the exact situation, except of course in that situation presumably the cars behind can see the problem, although putting on your reversing lights helps encourage the right action by others.
The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.
Self driving cars will not work in rural areas unless we have a nationwide programme of re-painting the lines.
The more pressing problem is actually likely to be mobile connectivity. Loads of roads are always going to be too narrow to have lines painted on them, but having an internet connection is going to be helpful I'd expect.
Off topic, but I was struck by this from the Mail Online: Locals in Britain's prettiest town of Woodbridge, Suffolk, slammed a newbuild estate next to them as 'madness' and said the works would 'stress out' their cats. Labour's housebuilding plans are doomed, aren't they? We can't have stressed-out cats.
Who wants loud and noisy construction works next to their digs for 5-10 years six days a week?
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
In theory that's the kind of optimisation problem they ought to be quite good at. Google maps route algo already does something a bit like this.
The trouble is it involves doing things that can theoretically cause damage. Reversing into a hedge sends the parking sensors crazy. Going part way down into a ditch would also presumably perturb the algo.
A robocar is going to be a lot less bothered about reversing 250 yards to the nearest driveway or road junction though, because it doesn't find reversing nearly as difficult as a human does and doesn't get bored or annoyed.
We can expect there to be different optimal solutions for a self-driving car than the ones that people use. They don't have to reproduce our solutions.
Exactly right. Many people have a weird inability to extrapolate - perhaps it’s a lack of imagination? I dunno
Also in future vehicles will be designed as self driving from the start. No need for a driver’s seat or steering wheel - so they can be a lot smaller/narrower and therefore actually BETTER at negotiating narrow roads
You’ll have a choice. In some areas with narrow roads (rural Devon, Covent Garden) you will be able to select what kind of self drive car you want. If it’s just you going to the pub you’ll choose the smallest cheapest possible, which will be a kind of motorised podule
If you’re moving furniture, a self drive van. Etc
I think almost everyone expects that self driving cars will eventually become the norm. Just not on the ludicrously short timescales that you suggest.
I'm on team Kemi for this one. Not the dislike of sanwiches but for airing an opinion that might not be popular. I'm tired of politicians who try and work out what they should think on points of irrelevance (getting their advisers to spend hours working on a desert island discs playlist) and think someone just saying what they think is a breath of fresh air. Is that impossible with the modern media and are we guilty of indulging them?
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
The tricky challenge is how to manage passing other cars on single track country lanes. Self driving cars would struggle at the moment working out whether to reverse down the hill into a hedge to let another vehicle pass.
In theory that's the kind of optimisation problem they ought to be quite good at. Google maps route algo already does something a bit like this.
The trouble is it involves doing things that can theoretically cause damage. Reversing into a hedge sends the parking sensors crazy. Going part way down into a ditch would also presumably perturb the algo.
A robocar is going to be a lot less bothered about reversing 250 yards to the nearest driveway or road junction though, because it doesn't find reversing nearly as difficult as a human does and doesn't get bored or annoyed.
We can expect there to be different optimal solutions for a self-driving car than the ones that people use. They don't have to reproduce our solutions.
Exactly right. Many people have a weird inability to extrapolate - perhaps it’s a lack of imagination? I dunno
Also in future vehicles will be designed as self driving from the start. No need for a driver’s seat or steering wheel - so they can be a lot smaller/narrower and therefore actually BETTER at negotiating narrow roads
You’ll have a choice. In some areas with narrow roads (rural Devon, Covent Garden) you will be able to select what kind of self drive car you want. If it’s just you going to the pub you’ll choose the smallest cheapest possible, which will be a kind of motorised podule
If you’re moving furniture, a self drive van. Etc
I think almost everyone expects that self driving cars will eventually become the norm. Just not on the ludicrously short timescales that you suggest.
I do get over excited, and you should likely always double my time scales, at least. I’m a bit like Elon Musk
I'm on team Kemi for this one. Not the dislike of sanwiches but for airing an opinion that might not be popular. I'm tired of politicians who try and work out what they should think on points of irrelevance (getting their advisers to spend hours working on a desert island discs playlist) and think someone just saying what they think is a breath of fresh air. Is that impossible with the modern media and are we guilty of indulging them?
Personally, I find sandwiches boring.
Yes, but very convenient. Food doesn't have to be interesting and we shouldn't necessarily expect it to be.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
Can they be programmed not to park in disabled bays unless they have a permit?
Tut tut
But almost certainly yes
I got a lift in a friends SUV - joint children’s outing. We stopped at supermarket. It recognised and flashed a disabled sign on the reversing screen. It had recognised that the bay next to the one we were backing into was marked for disabled.
I'm on team Kemi for this one. Not the dislike of sanwiches but for airing an opinion that might not be popular. I'm tired of politicians who try and work out what they should think on points of irrelevance (getting their advisers to spend hours working on a desert island discs playlist) and think someone just saying what they think is a breath of fresh air. Is that impossible with the modern media and are we guilty of indulging them?
Personally, I find sandwiches boring.
Yes, but very convenient. Food doesn't have to be interesting and we shouldn't necessarily expect it to be.
Well, that's very much a matter of personal taste.
For you convenience wins out over being interesting. For me, it doesn't.
I take active pleasure in what I eat and don't view it as utilitarian fuel.
Off topic, but I was struck by this from the Mail Online: Locals in Britain's prettiest town of Woodbridge, Suffolk, slammed a newbuild estate next to them as 'madness' and said the works would 'stress out' their cats. Labour's housebuilding plans are doomed, aren't they? We can't have stressed-out cats.
Who wants loud and noisy construction works next to their digs for 5-10 years six days a week?
Self driving cars will not work in rural areas unless we have a nationwide programme of re-painting the lines.
The more pressing problem is actually likely to be mobile connectivity. Loads of roads are always going to be too narrow to have lines painted on them, but having an internet connection is going to be helpful I'd expect.
Well then we we need more masts, built higher. Let’s hope Labour come forward with some plans.
Just thinking idly. Given my present driving licence predicament, does one need one to operate a self-driving car?
Nope. That’s one of the many huge benefits of self drive
Suddenly for old people, disabled, blind, drunk, kids, etc, getting about by car will be feasible again. Because in time self drive cars will be MUCH cheaper than taxis - no driver to pay, for a start
Also this:
‘Car accidents are the eighth highest cause of death for people of all ages & the leading cause among young people aged 5-29 worldwide. At least 1.3 million people die in car accidents every year, with a further 20 to 50 million people sustaining injuries’
Self drive cars will be safer, by orders of magnitude. Millions of lives will be saved
I read that. Surely even Sir Sheer Wanker will not be that feeble, craven and treacherous. Give up all our hard won fishing rights AND once again subject us to EU law and the ECJ, only this time without any say in making those laws
It’s the worst possible outcome of Brexit and would finish Starmer forever and go a long long way to making Farage PM in 2028. So he’ll probably do it
Off topic, but I was struck by this from the Mail Online: Locals in Britain's prettiest town of Woodbridge, Suffolk, slammed a newbuild estate next to them as 'madness' and said the works would 'stress out' their cats. Labour's housebuilding plans are doomed, aren't they? We can't have stressed-out cats.
Do cats vote - as they don't pick a better excuse..
They don't vote in human elections, but give the relevant instructions to their servants. Notice this: cats know exactly how we conduct elections. We have no idea how they conduct theirs.
The good people/cats of Woodbridge may be regretting putting Labour in by a whisker, but Therese Coffey maybe wasn't local enough for the cats.
Last I heard the fishermen were moaning about their industry being destroyed by the deal with the EU despite them voting Brexit overwhelmingly. So not a lot of sympathy.......
'How Brexit Betrayed the British Fishing Industry'
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
Can they be programmed not to park in disabled bays unless they have a permit?
Tut tut
But almost certainly yes
I got a lift in a friends SUV - joint children’s outing. We stopped at supermarket. It recognised and flashed a disabled sign on the reversing screen. It had recognised that the bay next to the one we were backing into was marked for disabled.
Forget the make…
It is amazing what they can do. Mine will drive itself into and out of parking bays without me being in the car so you don't have the door opening issues. It steers itself. I have no idea how it does it so I have been too scared to try it. I have only watched the salesman do it with the car we bought. It manoeuvred itself beautifully with us all standing 20m away. There must be limits as to what it can do though. I presume I have to line it up in some way as I only have a button for forward or reversing and no steering. It sorts that out itself, but if there are multiple bays or I leave it 90 degrees to the bay presumably it can't do it (or it parks itself miles away in the direction it is pointing). I would play with it, but I don't know where my car may end up and me standing like a fool holding the key fob as it disappears into the distance.
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
When they make it to rural areas it's going to have a massive impact on rural pubs and restaurants.
They are going to be brilliant for those guys
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
Can they be programmed not to park in disabled bays unless they have a permit?
Tut tut
But almost certainly yes
I got a lift in a friends SUV - joint children’s outing. We stopped at supermarket. It recognised and flashed a disabled sign on the reversing screen. It had recognised that the bay next to the one we were backing into was marked for disabled.
Forget the make…
It is amazing what they can do. Mine will drive itself into and out of parking bays without me being in the car so you don't have the door opening issues. It steers itself. I have no idea how it does it so I have been too scared to try it. I have only watched the salesman do it with the car we bought. It manoeuvred itself beautifully with us all standing 20m away. There must be limits as to what it can do though. I presume I have to line it up in some way as I only have a button for forward or reversing and no steering. It sorts that out itself, but if there are multiple bays or I leave it 90 degrees to the bay presumably it can't do it (or it parks itself miles away in the direction it is pointing). I would play with it, but I don't know where my car may end up and me standing like a fool holding the key fob as it disappears into the distance.
You might not have door-openings issues, but what about the poor sods parked next to you?
Just thinking idly. Given my present driving licence predicament, does one need one to operate a self-driving car?
As far as I'm aware, the law hasn't changed so yes, you do need a licence and the driver is still as responsible for what the car does as they would be for one they were driving themselves.
Can I just say, I don't give the remotest fuck about politicians' views on sandwiches.
Neither do I. I just question why Badenoch has chosen to talk about this.
It isn't as stupid as it seems. As LOTO you just need to be in the news. Cameron was, to his credit, very good at it. Hug a hoodie, hug a huskie etc....
Just thinking idly. Given my present driving licence predicament, does one need one to operate a self-driving car?
As far as I'm aware, the law hasn't changed so yes, you do need a licence and the driver is still as responsible for what the car does as they would be for one they were driving themselves.
Happy to be corrected if wrong.
You’re wrong
In the USA:
“You do not need a driver’s license to ride in a Waymo self-driving car. Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are designed to operate without human intervention, allowing passengers to travel without possessing a driver’s license.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Age: Passengers must be at least 18 years old to ride alone. Minors can accompany an adult but cannot ride unaccompanied. 
• App Registration: To use Waymo’s services, you need to download the Waymo One app and create an account. The registration process does not require a driver’s license.
Additional Considerations:
• Service Animals: Service animals are welcome. However, pets are not allowed to accommodate passengers with allergies. 
• Child Safety: If you’re traveling with children under 8 years old, you must provide and install an appropriate car or booster seat in the back seat. 
In summary, Waymo’s autonomous ride-hailing service is accessible to individuals without a driver’s license, provided they meet the age requirement and adhere to the company’s rider policies.”
Just thinking idly. Given my present driving licence predicament, does one need one to operate a self-driving car?
As far as I'm aware, the law hasn't changed so yes, you do need a licence and the driver is still as responsible for what the car does as they would be for one they were driving themselves.
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Get your shitcoin while stocks last.
And why people claiming 'investment' is the answer to every problem are wrong.
These Reformers are political opponent of yours. Come in, enjoy the show!
Nigel Farage isn't a fascist or a racist. He can be loudmouth pub bore, boorish and chauvinistic, but that's not the same thing.
I'm challenging the tired trope of fingerpointing racist and fascist at right-wing politicians.
Left wing is often used as a term of abuse.
I’m not saying right wing politicians are racist or fascist but I think it’s hard to state in this case that what say Isobel Oakeshott said wasn’t racist?
One of the other lads was given an AMEX black card by his father - "just in case".
Well, on the day of 9/11, as they were walking in Manhattan to have breakfast in the Windows on the World restaurant at the World Trade Centre, it came in very handy. He remembered his father saying AMEX offices had a satellite phone. So when the mobile networks went down, he was able to go to their office and let their parents know they had overslept and so hadn't got to the WTC...
Social security tax changes hitting low paid work. Reversal of tax breaks on domestic electricity rather like WFA, fiscal drag, though also a couple of taxes for very high paid individuals.
Always good to know things could be even worse. Our deficit is over 4%. Theirs is touching 6%. The USA’s is over 6% and net debt is 130% of GDP. Next year if even half of Trump’s tax promises are actually delivered it’ll balloon to Japanese levels.
Increased taxes on property and the rich
Reduced spending on oldies and the poor
Higher productivity and a delayed state retirement age for workers
No exceptions, everyone must suffer and be seen to suffer.
“It’s wild to me that self-driving cars are still a novelty to many.
I’ve had @Waymo access for a year and just took my 300th ride.
It’s completely replaced my driving and Ubers in SF - I take 7 rides / week when in town!”
“Friends sometimes ask why Waymo?
IMO, the experience is 10x better in many ways.
You never have to worry about a creepy or unsafe driver. The cars arrive on time. You don’t feel bad about taking calls. You pick the music and temperature.
I hope they’re everywhere soon!”
https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1866322967581581776?s=46&t=bulOICNH15U6kB0MwE6Lfw
That’s the future, right there. Self driving cars have arrived
how quaint, I'd forgotten the 1980s
They were the sort of people who a few decades ago would be doing their fighting at demonstrations, on picket lines, at football matches and in town centres on Saturday nights.
Re the overnight spat between him and Kemi there is only one winner out of this and that is Reform/Farage and only one loser, Kemi/Tories. I guess there might also be a knock on benefit to the other parties as well at the expense of Kemi/Tories.
There will be so many they will be cheap and ubiquitous and everyone in the world will eventually abandon their own cars, apart from @BartholomewRoberts
It's like attacking fish and chips. Ot tea. It's fine if you don't like them, but it probably an opinion that's best kept to yourself if you are trying to be popular.
If they ever do.
They will overcome every tricky situation everywhere, in the end. Because the technology is only getting better. The end of the car is now
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-end-of-the-car-is-now/
But almost certainly yes
Enjoy!
Locals in Britain's prettiest town of Woodbridge, Suffolk, slammed a newbuild estate next to them as 'madness' and said the works would 'stress out' their cats.
Labour's housebuilding plans are doomed, aren't they? We can't have stressed-out cats.
Unfortunately I can't have avocados as they trigger migraines for me.
https://x.com/gerashchenko_en/status/1867922591031468120?s=46
Erdogan in the North, Netanyahu in the South West, Iran and Russia anywhere they can regain a foothold.
Google maps route algo already does something a bit like this.
Bearing in mind that there's not much difference to a computer between forwards and reverse, they'll probably end up finding it easier than humans before too long. Give it a few years and people will be chuckling to each other, "Remember before self-driving cars? Imagine Dave from accounts trying to do this?!?"
We can expect there to be different optimal solutions for a self-driving car than the ones that people use. They don't have to reproduce our solutions.
Just two examples:
“I’m in a self-driving Waymo and it feels like the future. Haven’t felt this way in a long time.”
https://x.com/dcurtis/status/1867738391653360084?s=46&t=bulOICNH15U6kB0MwE6Lfw
“I have taken several @Waymo ‘s this week in SF and have to admit, I prefer having no driver! 🤷🏻♂️”
https://x.com/bradleydukebtc/status/1867793386117509175?s=46&t=bulOICNH15U6kB0MwE6Lfw
“Waymo is a 10x better experience than uber”
https://x.com/benlkatz/status/1865823088648294807?s=46&t=bulOICNH15U6kB0MwE6Lfw
You can’t pay for that kind of feedback. People vastly prefer self driving cars. @Nigelb was right to note the inflection point
From here they will take over the world; I imagine the EU will ban them, and Britain will be caught in the regulatory net
Also in future vehicles will be designed as self driving from the start. No need for a driver’s seat or steering wheel - so they can be a lot smaller/narrower and therefore actually BETTER at negotiating narrow roads
You’ll have a choice. In some areas with narrow roads (rural Devon, Covent Garden) you will be able to select what kind of self drive car you want. If it’s just you going to the pub you’ll choose the smallest cheapest possible, which will be a kind of motorised podule
If you’re moving furniture, a self drive van. Etc
The automatic braking has caused me problems now twice. I have needed to back up and because there were cars behind me it won't let me. They would not necessarily have been aware of the need for me to backup (Mexican stand off where the other vehicle has no where to go) and me moving back is my indication to cars behind me that they need to do likewise. There is probably some override, but when you are in that situation it is not like you can get the manual out. @MarqueeMark tractor on a lane is the exact situation, except of course in that situation presumably the cars behind can see the problem, although putting on your reversing lights helps encourage the right action by others.
https://x.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1867686000711155989
The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.
https://www.ft.com/content/77b0d4b9-da9d-4a7f-ae21-204eb2e7dcde
“Concerns grow over mysterious drones”
It is QUITE the story
Forget the make…
For you convenience wins out over being interesting. For me, it doesn't.
I take active pleasure in what I eat and don't view it as utilitarian fuel.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/brussels-to-demand-uk-surrenders-fishing-rights-and-follows-eu-laws-7ptq59dw8
Suddenly for old people, disabled, blind, drunk, kids, etc, getting about by car will be feasible again. Because in time self drive cars will be MUCH cheaper than taxis - no driver to pay, for a start
Also this:
‘Car accidents are the eighth highest cause of death for people of all ages & the leading cause among young people aged 5-29 worldwide. At least 1.3 million people die in car accidents every year, with a further 20 to 50 million people sustaining injuries’
Self drive cars will be safer, by orders of magnitude. Millions of lives will be saved
It’s the worst possible outcome of Brexit and would finish Starmer forever and go a long long way to making Farage PM in 2028. So he’ll probably do it
The good people/cats of Woodbridge may be regretting putting Labour in by a whisker, but Therese Coffey maybe wasn't local enough for the cats.
'How Brexit Betrayed the British Fishing Industry'
https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-fisheries-uk-industry-betrayal/
Happy to be corrected if wrong.
In the USA:
“You do not need a driver’s license to ride in a Waymo self-driving car. Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are designed to operate without human intervention, allowing passengers to travel without possessing a driver’s license.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Age: Passengers must be at least 18 years old to ride alone. Minors can accompany an adult but cannot ride unaccompanied. 
• App Registration: To use Waymo’s services, you need to download the Waymo One app and create an account. The registration process does not require a driver’s license.
Additional Considerations:
• Service Animals: Service animals are welcome. However, pets are not allowed to accommodate passengers with allergies. 
• Child Safety: If you’re traveling with children under 8 years old, you must provide and install an appropriate car or booster seat in the back seat. 
In summary, Waymo’s autonomous ride-hailing service is accessible to individuals without a driver’s license, provided they meet the age requirement and adhere to the company’s rider policies.”
@NewsNation #NJDRONES”
https://x.com/richmchugh/status/1867746812838523387?s=46&t=bulOICNH15U6kB0MwE6Lfw
PBers, decide for yourself
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/10/contents
Life is too short for me to find out what is in it unless being paid by the minute.