I agree with you except that I can't see that a state can dictate to an insurance company - how to insure - what to insure - who to insure - why they should insure who / what.
Although current law will charge a person that is in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol/drugs while the vehicle is driven autonomously, a police officer is less likely to stop an autonomous level 5 driven vehicle because the vehicle is not being driven erratically. Consideration should be given for new laws that require a vehicles lights to display in a way to easily distinguish the vehicle is being driving autonomously. Maybe use LED lights on the vehicle where the color of certain lights can be changed to green when the vehicle is being driven at level 5 autonomously.
Very good points. I hadn't considered sobriety checkpoints, for instance. Roadblocks for events and construction have been mentioned at times, though.
I would also say a GREEN/AMBER lighting array would be a good combination. Probably at side markers, mirrors, high brake light, and the halo effect around daytime running lights. I'm pretty sure most cops are not colorblind. Right?
I like using lights that can change to green because the color is not associated with other colored lights on vehicles, the lights can be displayed around vehicles in strategic locations and green is associated with eco friendly vehicles.
Is that red light warning message meant for pedestrians or the car in front of it in traffic? If it's for the latter, shouldn't the text be written in reverse (as on ambulances) so it's readable in the other car's rear view mirror?See
Porsche already has this as a red light (take a closer look at this pic)
Run for your lives!
Understood. I find it interesting that someone chose the marketing term 'green' as a marketing term for ecological conservation and environmental preservation. It's kind of dumb, from my point of view, especially since RED is my favorite color. But it is also perplexing that the majority of traditional automobile manufacturers actively avoid the color green (and RED) as an option for their compliance cars. Instead, they pretty much universally use combinations of WHITE, GRAY/GREY/SILVER, BLACK, BLUE, and ORANGE on all their fully electric, electrified hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles.
On the contrary, I'm forced to read it because it's in a thread about the Model 3 release date, and I have to sift through this autopilot debate to find relevant responses... and although the autopilot debate was more stimulating when I did not own a Tesla, now that we have one and use AP on a daily basis it has become less interesting to read about it than to interact with it in the real world, much like it would be far less interesting to google images of Olivia Wilde if you were already sleeping with her.
But... I have a Model 3 reservation... And I am interested in when I'll be getting it... and that's what this thread was about... So I actually went to a baseball game and then the people around me started talking about kicking field goals... See I thought one Tesla would be enough... But I have a fever, and the only prescription is more Tesla.Then maybe Model 3 forums aren't the place for you, as a large number of us will be in our 1st Tesla when the Model 3 is delivered.
You can't go to a football game and expect people to want to talk to you about batting averages.
OMG, I hope this isn't going to become a catchphrase around here
... makes me think of "have a nice day" or, on second thought, of Andy Kaufman's "thank you very much":
Thank you kindly for the feedback.
Please accept my deepest apologies for using that line. I have it on loan from a good natured forum member.
