Behold the brilliance of Google’s new self-driving prototype. It’s proof that the internet giant wants us all to travel in identical featureless pods that have no steering wheel or pedals, because it’s what they think the future should be like – best I could come up with to describe it in a way that is neither offensive nor flattering, is a breast implant on wheels…
Bulbous proportions and cute robot face aside, Google’s two-seater pod is much more interesting because it does away with the old-fashioned means of controlling a vehicle. The driver becomes a passenger that is taken from point to point, instead of being in direct control – you can imagine how disconcerting this must sound to us right now, at the current tech level we’re at.
The information and impression you get out of reading Google’s information about its autonomous pod plans are conflicting. I mean they use quite harsh means of expressing their ideas, using words like “burden of driving,” and “seniors can keep their freedom even if they can’t keep their car keys,” yeah because all old people are senile, with a hint of Alzheimer’s, while the rest of us just hate driving ourselves.
Google clearly thinks its audience/future buyer base is made up of halfwits who are afraid of driving and find it a chore, who are forgetful, old and not particularly fond of cars in general.
They can’t seriously call traveling at a maximum speed of 25 mph or 40 km/h progress…
By Andrei Nedelea
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