Re: Cor what a great idea.....
These are silly strawman applications, no one wants to drive their car from back seat.
But let's look at the crazy old stuff we do currently. MOTs !
Way back in the nineteenth or twentieth century, the government made a rule that once a year they would check the "roadworthiness" of your car. And somehow, that made it "good to go" for a year. No one actually thought it made much sense, and no one took it very seriously. Once a year, we dutifully put in for the voodoo MOT, to keep "the man" off your back.
Now, in the 21C, your car KNOWS what your brake disc wear is like, what the emissions are (sensors up the wazoo), if the wipers work, if the oil is ok. The traction control knows what the tire GRIP is like. In real time. Steering geometries, tracking, worn suspension bushings. it knows every time you start the car whether it is really fit to be on the road. It is very difficult to seriously maintain that annual MOT is fit for purpose in modern world, as regards allowing safe cars on the road. It's just habit and voodoo. All of it could be communicated via net.
What about all the software upgrades for car? Do you really not want the fix for "uncommanded acceleration" until T get round to safety recall 6 months later? Even though you routinely upgrade to ios7e because you like whizzy icons?
What about knowing about the accident just round the tightening bend, that happened 10 seconds ago? Not interested in 802.11p that might make this survivable for you? I know you personally always drive within visibility limits, but there is a car on two wheels sliding across the carriageway.....
Start and defrost car before you get in.....I see you never lived in Canada...this stuff is mandatory to be able to start remotely. When the temperature is -40C, it would be Life Threatening to have to open the car from cold and wait till it warms up. Yes, cars are started on warming blocks. And, if you are 70 and you get to the car and it fails but you dont know it before you get there, this may not be survivable if you fumble the keys
So,no, driving James Bond style via ipad is pretty useless. No one ever suggested it
Biting the hand that feeds IT
