Vehicular Homicide

The cost of a new vehicle was gotten outrageous with all these add one like the screen to show you backing up, cars that brake on their own, electric windows etc. My moms handicapped van bought back in 2015 cost as much as my house literally. Does anyone know how much this capability would cost? Just can't see this technology being a have to have item and will be at too expensive for the average Joe.

DrHenley said:

Bigpaul, you might want to define "motorway" for us. Is that like a highway? Freeway?

And when you say "cross country" do you mean off-road? Local roads?

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I think our motorways are like your freeways, the only way on and off them is by using the on and off ramps.
I don't like motorways unless its really early in the morning, if there is an accident and we are nowhere near an off ramp we can be stuck in stationery traffic for 5, 6, 7 or even 8 hours whilst the Police make their enquiries.
our area is fairly remote- some would say "the middle of nowhere"(city folk that is!) and we only use motorways if we are going further afield. we have to travel a considerable distance to even get on one.
when I say "cross country" I mean by using unclassified country roads , in Devon these are deep narrow lanes, sometimes with grass growing in the middle.
off road isn't really possible as our countryside here is made up of separate fields usually with only one gate- one way in and same way out again, big granite walls and 6ft deep muddy ditches.

bigpaul said:

I think our motorways are like your freeways, the only way on and off them is by using the on and off ramps.

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Technically we would call that "Controlled Access Highways" but most people use the general term "freeway" even though that is not technically correct. Toll roads are also controlled access but aren't free.

In many parts of "flyover country" the only controlled access roads are Interstate highways (e.g. I-20) so some places people might say "Interstate" instead of "freeway."

There is an older system of Federal Highways (e.g. US Hwy 80) that are a mixture of two lane, divided highway, and controlled access highway. And there are State Highways (e.g. Georgia 439) and County Roads. County roads may be asphalt or gravel roads.

i haven't got a clue what American highways are like, I have never been to America only what I see on the TV, I can only comment about British roads.

That's why I was telling you that bigpaul. It was just FYI to improve cross-pond communications.

DrHenley said:

That's why I was telling you that bigpaul. It was just FYI to improve cross-pond communications.

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okay, understood!

there are things called "green lanes" which are supposed to be for off roaders and 4x4's, but I don't know of any in my area.
there are cycle paths which one could use in an emergency.
in Somerset-the next county- they have things called "drove roads" which were used in the old days by cattle and sheep drovers to take their stock to market, some are still open but a lot are overgrown.
that's the problem with footpaths too, unless they are used regularly and most rural ones aren't, they get overgrown and impassible.

why oh why do we still get idiots driving in fog with no lights?

bigpaul said:

why oh why do we still get idiots driving in fog with no lights?

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I think it falls back to the o’l saying ‘you can’t fix stupid’

Maverick said:

I think it falls back to the o’l saying ‘you can’t fix stupid’

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yes, it used to be common sense but that isn't common any more.
I keep saying the human race is getting "Dumb and Dumber"!!

Computers are not reliable nor secure. I could see the terrorists hacking them and driving them thru a croud.

I thought in England you travelled cross country by turning widdershins at the crossroads and teleported along ley lines while closing one eye and holding the hand of a fey, salt in right trouser pocket, sparrow feather in the other and a sprig of bog heather clenched in your teeth.

Was this information not correct?