{"id":937,"date":"2005-08-03T14:43:29","date_gmt":"2005-08-03T19:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/archives\/937"},"modified":"2005-08-03T23:59:17","modified_gmt":"2005-08-04T04:59:17","slug":"the-driverless-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/addlepated.net\/blog\/archives\/937","title":{"rendered":"The driverless car"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve owned two houses in Austin, both next to very big hills. At the last house, kids used to daredevil down the hill on their bikes. One time a boy lost control and I heard his tortured “YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!” as he flew into the neighbor’s yard.<\/p>\n

The house we’re in now is on a much busier street, so we have seen 2 or three car accidents in the last four years. Relatively mundane, no real injuries. <\/p>\n

The strangest thing I’ve seen on the street just happened half an hour ago. There was a prolonged squealing noise of tires on rubber. I glanced out the dining room windows in time to see a white VW Rabbit slowly promenading down the hill, like a grande dame making an entrance into a party. It came to a stop just beyond our driveway. The car was locked, not running, nobody inside of it. Not in gear, handbrake set. Just ooched down the hill all by itself. Surreal.<\/p>\n

Update: The car in question. Click picture for larger version.
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