Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: stonethecrows on March 29, 2019, 04:49:00 pm
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Lads, what colour do you think the Robots will be when they eventually start driving Taxis ?
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Well aeroplanr Black boxes are Orange .
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It'll have a TV/camera combo in the back of its head and change colour & ads once it figures out who/what you are?
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Robot is a Czech word for serf labourer or slave............ lol
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All robots will be white.....
Untill they can decide for themselves what colour they want to be :))
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It's hard to argue against autonomous taxis from a security perspective... particularly in Ireland where there are thousands of convicted criminals and thousands more whose criminal records cannot be ascertained driving taxis. However, the technology needs to evolve to a point where autonomous cars result in fewer road deaths than cars driven by people before they can be deployed to any significant extent.
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Would love to see 100 autonomous taxis negotiating the Bermudaa Triangle of Harcourt St at 3.30 am Sunday morning, with "clients" trying to pay with credit cards, and taxis "decommissioning"
themselves due to soilage.
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I'd imagine they'll all be paid by EFT if/when they materialise. mytaxi already encourages it's clients to go cashless and Uber is 100% cashless.
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the free now robots are all colours and creeds lol
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Robot is a Czech word for serf labourer or slave............ lol
It's also the name Afrikaaners use for Traffic lights.
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How will they deal with the runners ?
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Same as discos, no runners, no white socks... I guess.
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Let's hope the bots aren't using Google Maps. rofl
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Google maps is grand.
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Google maps is grand.
Why does Google Maps habe the Blessington Basin as Inns Quay?
Or Larch hill on Lorcan Green.
Or directs new drivers up the laneway to the Astro Park when ordering from my house?
Or any punter in Beaumont A &E to 24 Montrose Drive.
Or anyone in DDoc to 88 Cromcastle Road.
Etcetera etc etc.
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If the robot taxis use MyTaxi's non-taxi version of Google Maps, it could be a bonus for us meatsacks because we know where taxis can go and we'll be cheaper. The Bermuda Triangle around D'Olier St/College Green/Westmoreland St etc as an example
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google maps is not grand. i had a fare organised sunday for 11.20am. got a call about another decent run to somewhere i normally wouldnt be. google told me the trip would take 45 minutes each way, if it did, i would have been at least 30 minutes late for my fare at 11.20 am. the trip that was supposed to take me 45 minutes each way only took me 25 minutes max each way. i got back in time to get diesel before the 11.20 pick up. i wasnt driving fast either.
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Google maps is grand.
No, it's not, I had a MyTaxi job last night fer a local lass going home after work from the Eastern side of Cork city going to the Western suburbs, Google was directing me on to the Link road and showing at 10 minutes to arrival, but in my heart of hearts I could not take that route because I knew it would add at least another 7 to 8 Euro on to the fare, rather than going through the city which then showed at 12 minutes to arrival.
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Lads, what colour do you think the Robots will be when they eventually start driving Taxis ?
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Most of those are down to the inability to establish precise location through triangulation of mobile signals, SB. If you have a clear GPS signal location accuracy is much improved and if you type the location into Google Maps it will direct you to the correct location.
Your issue is down to mytaxi, Ken. If you use the Google Maps application it will show the various alternative routes with distance and ETA for each. From there you need to pick the one that suits you best. However, if you're driving a mytaxi client you're probably best advised to follow the directions mytaxi select for you.