U.S. Department of Transportation Agency intends to remove “potential roadblocks" to integration of tech
In the Obama Administration’s latest welfare for Silicon Valley billionaires, the President intends to ask Congress for $4 billion in federal subsidies and nationalization of transportation safety regulations in an effort to speed the deployment of driverless cars.
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, surrounded by about a dozen auto and Silicon Valley tech leaders, announced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit that the U.S. Department of Transportation Agency intends to remove “potential roadblocks to the integration of innovative, transformational automotive technology that can significantly improve safety, mobility, and sustainability.” These code words mean driverless regulatory design is being turned over to Silicon Valley.
Fox also released a statement that details President Obama’s request for the 2017 budget to steer about $400 million in each of the next 10 years to “test pilot programs to test connected vehicle systems in designated corridors throughout the country, and work with industry leaders to ensure a common multi-state framework for connected and autonomous vehicles.” These code words mean big subsidies flowing to Silicon Valley.
There is nothing new about the concept of self-driving “autonomous vehicle automation.” For decades, robot vehicles have been transporting materials in factories and gigantic Caterpillar 100-ton computer-guided dump trucks have transported ore around mine sites. Closed-loop transportation ecosystems are easy to program and a central controller can usually be positioned in a tower above the worksite to visually maintain control.
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11 comments:
No problem whats a few billion when your already trillions of dollars in debt?
"..welfare for Silicon Valley billionaires.."
And a payoff to the Google/Yahoo/BlahBlah types who met with and obeyed the Emperor when he gave them suggestions on how to manipulate the internet.
I won't speculate on what effect those conversations might be having on the accuracy of the voting process.
IF it is a good idea, it would not need $4 Billion dollars because people would buy it. Investors would provide the start-up capital. This amounts to robbing the hardworking taxpayers.
Why do we need driverless vehicles? No, I did not read the article because this sounds so stupid.
Not a good idea being the shape of the country with a leaderless President.
I have a better idea. At 400 million a year how about giving every working or retired American a million each and watch the economy grow. Taxpayers subsidizing private industry should not be allowed.
Wow, it's neat tech, but 4 billion dollars when the infrastructure is crumblingm
It's completely pointless for the Federal Government to put up money for something that private businesses are already paying for! Again let tge free market decide the outcome of this tech.
Perfect for the idiot that wants a country free of actual citizens
Just throw money in a hole and burn it. All these companies spend a lot on research anyway, they make a ton of money, why should they be subsidized?
Now they will have another way to track everywhere you go as I'm sure that the government will claim they need to track them all for traffic light management.
they don't tell you about all the accidents and near misses these vehicles have.
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