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Heathrow Airport Gets Futuristic Driverless Taxi

Posted August 20, 2009 7:41 AM

From Newlaunches.com:

Some may call them very creepy, maybe because they see too many movies but I think this is the best and I say screw the cab drivers at the airport because they truly suck and these cab pods are just amazing! They are fast, accident free, no traffic jams and use much thinner roads and to top that it does not even have that annoying driver!

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08/20/2009 9:53 AM

Whoow...I want a go in one of them.
How long before someone uses one for a new version of the mile high club? Baaad kitty
The driverless train thingy at Stansted is prtty cool too. Not to mention the Docklands light railway.
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08/21/2009 7:57 AM

Driverless railways are all over the place, Frankfurt, Denver and Atlanta airports spring to mind immediately (and I know there are a good many more around!).....

Its about time that the "Thugs" of Taxi drivers at Heathrow (and many other airports around the world) are finally "fixed" for good.....sadly this project only goes to the car parks, not into central London!!!

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11/08/2009 12:13 PM

I liked your Winston Churchill quote in your signature.

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11/08/2009 1:29 PM

I liked Churchill.

A few years ago I read his complete (6 vols) History of the 2nd World War, could hardly put it down!!!

Believe it or not I was actually requested to attend his funeral (I was nearly 19 at the time).

I liked his comments/quotations, some are really funny.......most can be found on the web quite easily if you look carefully.....

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