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[ConversantCars]

The dots are positioned for a great story on the future of the car. It has a little something for everyone.

Technology Lovers

The Stanford University proponents of individually intelligent vehicles, http://tinyurl.co.uk/7s2x, should debate the conversant car proponents of General Motors, http://tinyurl.co.uk/98dv. Which technology can save the most lives and reduce traffic congestion the quickest and with the least expense?

Politician Paparazzi

Who might be first to think out-of-box? The California Democratic platform is built on borrowing billions for 20th Century mass transit versus the Republican approach of squeezing billions from education, health, and government employees for 20th Century asphalt. And Governor Schwarzenegger is attempting to balance a mostly borrowed $107 billion on a blend of 20th Century solutions.

CHP Officers, Drivers, Insurers, Transportation Planners and Builders, Auto Injury Lawyers

Is Caltrans? vision limited to a few baubles deployed with the kindergarten-class-in-candy-factory approach described at http://tinyurl.co.uk/aa81? Is the promise of a Challenge, http://conversantcars.com, the light at the end of the tunnel or the headlight of a train?

Sincerely,
Mark Capron, Civil Engineer

[KingFrankSam]

These posts must be way over my head... I don't know what to make of them. :confused::

[uoplax13]

I've never been a big Will Smith fan, but I thought the movie was pretty entertaining....oh wait, that's not what this was about.....nevermind....guess I'm lost too.

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[SR-25]

Opps, my fault.

If you are planning to be patroling California highways for a decade or two, you might want to keep in touch with how highways and cars will be changing. Or better yet, even offer your opinion to the Governor and other electeds on your priorities.

California is poised to borrow and spend hundreds of billions for infrastructure. As a civil engineer, I know most of that is good. But for transportation there has been a paradigm shift brought about by technologies that just became apparent within the last 12 months. You can see "year one" of that at the first two "technology lover" websites.

In short, you can send an e-mail to electeds (or your favorite fraternal organization) referencing the last website in support of a Challenge that will (takes a decade):
> Prevent CHP officers getting hit by (or hitting) cars.
> Vastly the decrease the number of times you'll see children dead on the road.
> Allow CHP officers to safely file reports on a laptop while speeding down the highway.
> Instantly and safely move all the other cars out of the way, and prevent innocents from getting in your way, when you need to chase (see the movie).
> Incidentally, reduce traffic congestion with the equivalent of a new parallel freeway to every existing freeway.
> Incidentally, more than pay back the investment of every motorist within a few years after the decade of Challenge.

Until your car goes crazy and causes a 20 car pile up. Ive seen these contests and im not impressed. It might be something to consider 10-15 years from now. But I do not think they are ready to be on the road within the next couple years. They are unpredictable and unrealiable.

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SR,

Thank you! My point exactly. I'm talking a decade of racing to get the bugs out. If you look at the first two sites, it appears they will be beta testing on the road this year! So tell the Gov to get started with the decade of Challenge.

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[16528]

Rick Mattos, president of the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, mentioned the association may try to name a section of highway after Officer Earl Scott. Can you think more than Officer Scott and a whole lot more than a section of highway? The Challenge needs a name. It could be the Lt. Mike Miller Memorial Challenge. Or the California Highway Patrol Memorial Challenge. The site would get a new name. The CAHP could take over the hosting the website info. I would empty my site.

What's a section of highway compared to saving tens of thousands of motorists lives and many police officers?

It's LT. MIKE WALKER

[TheForceCHP]

Rick Mattos, president of the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, mentioned the association may try to name a section of highway after Officer Earl Scott. Can you think more than Officer Scott and a whole lot more than a section of highway? The Challenge needs a name. It could be the Lt. Mike Walker Memorial Challenge. Or the California Highway Patrol Memorial Challenge. The site would get a new name. The CAHP could take over the hosting the website info. I would empty my site.

What's a section of highway compared to saving tens of thousands of motorists lives and many police officers?

i don't know about some of the other guys, but i find it an insult that you are going to use an officers death to promote your agenda like this:evil: