Two hours on the phone, only to find out you got billed for it three more months. Yeah, that is more likely.

Would you expect the same thing if it happened after hours? The argument was over the preparation of his dinner, not his lunch, so it was after hours.

Not always. If I slam on my breaks (ABS, electronic brake distribution, traction control, etc) and someone rear ends me, I could be at fault for overbraking even if it was needed to prevent me hitting someone/something.

Did you miss the first two words on the Cruise control line? Speed Adjusting Cruise Control, it is the new hot thing, it adjust the speed of the vehicle automatically to the vehicle in front. If it were to malfunction you may not know in time to react.

4 wheel drive ONLY effects acceleration, what else would it have control over?

You are missing the point, all of these systems (besides 4WD...) are being integrated into an auto driving car, so we have to look at the failure modes to understand where the liability is (the article this was all replying to).

A dropped bumper will tend to slide along the ground and likely will go off the side of the road before the approaching car gets anywhere near it (coefficient of friction of steel or plastic vs rubber will show you that), however, when a tire falls off the lead car and the disc brakes are instead digging into the road surface, that will stop rapidly.

However, that was just an example. There are others for current "autonomous" features in cars. How about the speed adjusting cruise control (when it malfunctions and the user doesn't realize in time to brake the vehicle)? Or even 4 wheel drive (honestly officer, I had no idea my truck would accelerate that quickly that I would run over that poor little old lady). ABS (it actually reduces your braking in snow, and is less than useless on ice). Traction control (can cause you to not be able to move AT ALL in snow and ice conditions...this could be a bad situation).

That will become a union thing (in both cases). The trains and trucks will still be required to have a warm butt in the seat, the butt will just be totally ignoring the windshield though instead of just partially ignoring.

So what happens when the brake assist in a modern car causes an older car to rear end a car on the highway? Who is liable as it was technology that caused the accident, not either drive.

These things are already dealt with in modern countries, but lets pretend that all the years of driving related liability rulings never happened.

As opposed to all the laws and regulations making driverless cars difficult to test in the US? Google has to pay someone to sit in the front seat so they can take over from the computer (that can make better decisions faster than a human).

What regulations concern them so much (I didn't see any listed in the article) and how do they differ from the US regulations (like the US in some lawless state..)

However, a launch loop is doable but expensive.

Ask people who have ridden on the auto train:

http://www.amtrak.com/auto-tra...

Two day driving, or 18 hours or so on a train.

My understanding is that the towering wave thing doesn't actually ever happen. A tsunami is more like a tide that keeps coming than a wave.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

I don't know of a location for music specifically, and software is all over the place, but this one fits the summary.

BBB, small claims court, many ways to settle that issue.

If you have a contract, it binds them just as much as you, and many companies just figure you won't bother fighting it.

How about if the Bakery charges double the price to put two male figures on the top, as it costs the baker more...

You could put a male and female on the cake topper and explain that that is the way they are sold to you and you have no choice.