Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #25 – October 06, 2017, 06:52:48 pm Quote from: Karen & Liam - October 06, 2017, 03:40:33 pmFortunately now these systems are not smart enough to start themselves and drive around by them selves?Actually, some of them are already smart enough, many more of them will in the next 5 years, and - I'm guessing and hoping - all of them will in 10 years. I'm keeping our present RV until I can buy a self-driving RV. Imagine: we summon it from the storage yard, it backs into the driveway, we load it up, climb inside, grab a cup of coffee and a roll, settle back to binge watch our favorite TV series, and direct the vehicle to "Take us to Escalante, Utah" Mr Motorhome!" And off we go, stopping only at interesting places it suggests we will enjoy visiting, even driving through the night. 2 Likes
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #26 – October 07, 2017, 01:49:12 am Quote from: Eric Greenwell - October 06, 2017, 06:52:48 pm Imagine: we summon it from the storage yard, it backs into the driveway, we load it up, climb inside, grab a cup of coffee and a roll, settle back to binge watch our favorite TV series, and direct the vehicle to "Take us to Escalante, Utah" Mr Motorhome!" And off we go, stopping only at interesting places it suggests we will enjoy visiting, even driving through the night.The Hogback, on Hwy 12, should be interesting, with no one behind the wheel.A self driving car or RV is going to require a new way of thinking and a degree of trust that may be hard to accomplish, for us old folks.Imagine the Russians or a 13 year old hacking a busy intersection or freeway. It's a brave new world.Larry 2 Likes
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #27 – October 07, 2017, 11:05:13 am I had to take my dad's keys away when he was 80 and his increasing dementia made his driving a potential danger to himself and others. Dad got a special license to drive at 13 years old in 1934 and driving a car was one of his very favorite things to do. When he was unable to drive, he was heartbroken and lost one of his life's great pleasures.The nuts don't fall far from the tree. I really enjoy driving cars, trucks, the RV, and boats. I'm not looking forward to my vehicles driving themselves, or my kids telling me that it is time and I have to give up my keys.HD 3 Likes
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #28 – October 23, 2017, 05:12:16 pm Just came across this article on the future of trucking. Be sure and check out the video towards the bottom of the article. I can hardly wait . . .Are those 80,000 pound trucks tailgating each other? Soon it may be perfectly...
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #29 – October 23, 2017, 05:50:50 pm An FYI: Content at links to subscription sites are not viewable to non-subscribers. And big rigs already do plenty of speeding, tailgating (and 'tailswinging', i.e., how close can I get to running that RV into the ditch with the back end of my trailer!), cutting in and out, lane wandering, and a lot of other dumb stunts. Some truckers are professional, skilled, and courteous; many others are poorly trained, inexperienced, overconfident, aggressive hotdoggers. I've had many close calls over the years with some of the latter types! As always, YMMV.
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #30 – October 23, 2017, 06:06:43 pm An FYI: Content at links to subscription sites are not viewable to non-subscribers. And big rigs already do plenty of speeding, tailgating (and 'tailswinging', i.e., how close can I get to running that RV into the ditch with the back end of my trailer!), cutting in and out, lane wandering, and a lot of other dumb stunts. Some truckers are professional, skilled, and courteous; many others are poorly trained, inexperienced, overconfident, aggressive hotdoggers. I've had many close calls over the years with some of the latter types! Not a subscriber but the link seems to work when using FireFox as a browser.We know all about truckers here in Tehachapi. Had another wreck the other day on the grade.
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #31 – October 23, 2017, 06:14:11 pm Just came over the Tehachapi on Thursday on my way back home from the Mothership! Had clear sailing.As some of you know my Dad was a professional over-the-road driver for many years... he had a name for the rouge element, "Cowboys"! 1 Likes
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #32 – October 23, 2017, 06:15:48 pm Quote from: Lazy Bones - October 23, 2017, 06:14:11 pmJust came over the Tehachapi on Thursday on my way back home from the Mothership! Had clear sailing.As some of you know my Dad was a professional over-the-road driver for many years... he had a name for the rouge element, "Cowboys"! Steve, wish I had known. I could of bought you a cup of coffee (or drink of your choice)!
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #33 – October 23, 2017, 06:18:52 pm OK, I don't use Firefox, but the link works using Safari, but not Chrome. Sorry for the assumption! 😜 1 Likes
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #34 – October 23, 2017, 06:24:22 pm "Steve, wish I had known."Sorry HiLola, I was honkin for the Orange Grove and had dinner on my mind! 2 Likes
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #35 – October 23, 2017, 06:31:22 pm Quote from: JCT - October 23, 2017, 06:18:52 pmOK, I don't use Firefox, but the link works using Safari, but not Chrome. Sorry for the assumption! 😜No problem, glad it's working for ya!
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #36 – October 23, 2017, 11:45:29 pm Quote from: Eric Greenwell - October 06, 2017, 06:38:21 pmBy measuring the RV door and comparing it to the garage door opening, it appears the garage opening is 6 feet or less. I suspect a doctored picture.Double garage door is 14 ft, or maybe in this case 'was'.
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #37 – October 24, 2017, 02:26:19 am Larry said, "...a degree of trust that may be hard to accomplish, for us old folks.Imagine the Russians or a 13 year old hacking a busy intersection or freeway. It's a brave new world." I'm hoping my brain will make the adjustment. We have extremely limited public transit out here in the boonies--the OATS bus (Older Adult Transportation Service--bit of a misnomer, since they will also haul younger than 55) operates out of our Senior Center 8-5/M-F, in town, & I think I heard there is service to Kansas City & St. Joseph a couple of times per month for DR appointments; nothing in the evening/weekends/holidays. I've helped a few folks get to church or DR appointments in the city, as I'm sure others have done, but a self-driving car would perhaps not be such an issue with the traffic out here in the boonies.HD said, "...had to take my dad's keys away when he was 80 and his increasing dementia made his driving a potential danger to himself and others."When I took Mother's keys at 72 (I'd previously alerted city police/county sheriff, hoping they'd stop her/intervene, but they would do nothing to a well-to-do white lady in our little town), Mother sicced the family lawyer on me; my sister in Texas didn't see her often & thought "it wasn't that bad" to activate Mother's Durable Power document "yet," so I had no backup there & had to give the keys back. Her mother & older sister gave up voluntarily--but they lived in the KC metro with more traffic. My F-i-L's 90+ father had cataracts & once admitted he'd not seen me as I waved at him going through town when there was no other traffic on the street--but he still drove out to the farm (including crossing a busy highway) & none of his children would intervene (though they made him give up his pipe because the burned holes in his shirts did cause concern about fire danger...). I finally got got Mother's DR to sign a Dept. of Revenue form for the State to suspend her license due to the Alzheimer's & we hired someone to drive her for errands/some help around the house, & that kept her in her home for another year....just lucky that neither she nor my F-i-L's 90+ father hurt or killed anyone. It's a hard journey for all concerned, so I'm hoping my minivan with 119k will hold out long enough for my last wheels to have the self-driving bugs worked out.Lynne 3 Likes
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #38 – April 05, 2018, 12:15:09 pm Here is another example of the lack of structural integrity on some class a motorhomes. This happened yesterday on Hwy 58, just east of Tehachapi. I don't know all the details but apparently a woman was driving the wrong way on the highway and clipped a semi.
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #39 – April 05, 2018, 06:59:49 pm I don’t dispute the “lack of structural integrity” in many class A ( and every other ‘class’) motorhomes, but from the very brief description of the accident, I am pretty sure that there is a lot more to this story. I don’t have any information, but the rig appears to be old and in rough shape, and if indeed the driver was going the wrong way, going too fast or not, and hit a large truck, I think that pretty much any vehicle, except maybe a tank, would have sustained damage. 😳 4 Likes
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #40 – April 06, 2018, 10:32:56 am True, Joan. One has to wonder how a Lazy Daze would have held up in that situation but I suspect it would have been better. The photos look like the class A was opened up with big can opener.
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #41 – April 06, 2018, 11:18:17 am Just guess but .... at most a 7 ton class c hitting a 40 ton heavy truck is not much of a contest. As dad always reminded me of the lug nut rule -- the one with the most lug nut wins the battle. 1 Likes
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #42 – April 06, 2018, 03:28:35 pm Quote from: colddog - April 06, 2018, 11:18:17 amJust guess but .... at most a 7 ton class c hitting a 40 ton heavy truck is not much of a contest. As dad always reminded me of the lug nut rule -- the one with the most lug nut wins the battle.F=MA, no winner, just one bigger loser in that one.
Re: Let off the gas!!! Reply #43 – April 06, 2018, 11:22:27 pm Quote from: colddog - April 06, 2018, 11:18:17 am As dad always reminded me of the lug nut rule -- the one with the most lug nut wins the battle.That’s a new one for me, I like it.Larry
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