On Monday, April 30, 2018 at 10:24:21 PM UTC+1, Bret Cahill wrote:
I was trying to get a cyclist on board on for some kind of government oversight-coordination of autonomous vehicles. He said he was out buying a Subaru with his wife and when the dealer started hyping all the self driving safety features.

The cyclist said the dealer got irritated when he called the technology "sleep aids."

What is really inexplicable is that if I've only had 2 hours sleep, I can still cycle 160 km through the desert w/o stopping.

If I drive I must pull over for a nap. Or two.

Explain _that_ one.

Fortunately I can nap when it's 50 degrees C.


Bret Cahill

When I was coming back from my honeymoon in 1983, I fell asleep on the way back after driving for 20 hours non stop.

Just a five or 10 minute nap and I always can drive a couple more hours but it would take a lot of money to justify driving more than 12 hours in one day.


Bret Cahill

I was 20 miles from home and my new wife was 4 months pregnant!

In 2012, I was forced by work to drive the 635 miles from Rotterdam to Salzburg in 13 hours with the 28 year old daughter concerned and nearly crashed again!