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Old 01-06-2013, 03:56 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Manic! View Post
It's going to happen. Some say within 10 to 15 years. It's already legal in a few states like Nevada and California. Planes already have auto pilot.
And do you know how expensive it costs for an airplanes auto pilot setup? Just to go RVSM up north is a $250,000 retro fit... And that's only to get within 1000' of other aircraft.

I can see something like they have in I Robot where you have certain dedicated thoroughfares where the car "locks" itself onto a sort of track and you can enter/exit at certain points.
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