[ale] [TOTALLY OT] road trains - what I've been squawking we need for years - fewer drivers!

[Tom Freeman]

On Tue, 18 Jan 2011, Preston Boyington wrote:

> Jim Kinney wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Preston Boyington
>> <preston.lists at gmail.com <mailto:preston.lists at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>     <snipped>
>>     "Another story in our continuing series, the 16 deaths today in a 50 mph
>>     construction zone along Interstate 285 were apparently the result of a
>>     passenger plugging in an iPod after the vehicle wirelessly updated the
>>     motion control system.  It is thought that the user was trying the
>>     latest kernel version in an attempt to get the audio to play correctly
>>     while the communication system was in operation..."
>>
>>
>> "In other news, DHS is reporting that transport computer systems are
>> still down across the nation as the 'drive-by sql-injection attacks'
>> continued after the link between Microsoft, Oracle and the nations
>> interstate road driving software was revealed to have a security flaw.
>> The Linux Foundation, adamantly denying any involvement in the current
>> attacks, was warning of poor design during the bidding phase of the
>> project and is now suing the Federal government for locking them out of
>> the bidding claiming 'unfair regulations that appeared at the last
>> minute prevent them from qualifying for submission'.
>>
>> Neither Microsoft nor Oracle had a comment prepared as their email was
>> down as well."
>
> I did think that the sensor streams to detect road paint and road edges
> in cars was an interesting idea (another article I read somewhere).
> Makes me wonder if it detects you sleepily drifting between the lanes if
> it'll roll the windows down and turn the radio up.
>
The windows and radio might help. For about 2 minutes. If you are weaving 
between the lines it might be time to get off the road for a while.