Unpopular opinions you genuinely hold

[Jon O'Neill]

Or allow driverless cars to hit you if you're being antisocial. Not hard enough to kill or injure, just enough to make you drop your phone.

I think this is the way. It could taper down to a crawl and eventually stop if the person was about to get crushed under the wheel. Alternatively the cars could be trained to track each other closely enough that there's no gap for pedestrians to go through, like a train. I'm pretty sure either of these solutions would result in significantly fewer pedestrian deaths than today.

[Fiona T]

yeah but programmers...

My car has lane drift detection. It's really crap where lines have been blacked out and it's raining (e.g motorway contraflows). Think it's a long way from real use ready.

[Marc Meakin]

How would driverless cars deal with " TheTrolley Problem " ?

[Gavin Chipper]

Or allow driverless cars to hit you if you're being antisocial. Not hard enough to kill or injure, just enough to make you drop your phone.

I think this is the way. It could taper down to a crawl and eventually stop if the person was about to get crushed under the wheel. Alternatively the cars could be trained to track each other closely enough that there's no gap for pedestrians to go through, like a train. I'm pretty sure either of these solutions would result in significantly fewer pedestrian deaths than today.

I've heard before about self-driving cars going in a train as they can essentially react instantly to each other braking. But stopping distance for humans aren't just about reaction time and braking - they are also about crashing. Something could still happen to cause the car at the front of the train to hit something, in which case there would be carnage.

One could argue that it's no different from train carriages being joined together, but since trains are on rails and separate from most other things in the environment, it's far less likely for a train to hit an unexpected object.

[Philip A]

The Netflix series, Drive To Survive, does more harm to Formula 1 than good.

[Callum Todd]

The Netflix series, Drive To Survive, does more harm to Formula 1 than good.

Agreed!

[Tal Lessner]

The Netflix series, Drive To Survive, does more harm to Formula 1 than good.

I think one should take it for what it is, a semi reality soap opera based on F1 personalities.

Saw on an F1 forum a few months ago (when the 2024 season was still going) somebody posting that "he loves F1" but he's not watching races because he doesn't want spoilers for DTS.

[Ben Wilson]

It's no big deal to give meat eaters vegetarian/vegan alternatives, provided there are no allergies or food intolerance issues.

[Gavin Chipper]

Totally. Just because people eat meat it doesn't mean they have to at every meal. I eat apples but wouldn't demand my food had apple in it.

[Marc Meakin]

Totally. Just because people eat meat it doesn't mean they have to at every meal. I eat apples but wouldn't demand my food had apple in it.

I flirted with vegetarianism but now I eat meat (well I will do in 5 weeks when this diet ends) I still like a veggie sausage and 2 of my favourite curry dishes are veggie.
Tarka Dahl and Chickpea Curry

[Ian Volante]

Nowt like a bit of spicy otter.

[Elliott Mellor]

Nowt like a bit of spicy otter.

That's been my experience up to now as well. Nothing like a good otter, and the more adventurous the better.

[Marc Meakin]

Nowt like a bit of spicy otter.

It's a little Otter

[Philip A]

Michael McIntyre is okay.

[Marc Meakin]

Michael McIntyre is okay.

He's OK but just isn't funny

[Philip A]

Michael McIntyre is okay.

He's OK but just isn't funny

His Big Show deserves credit for being unique and packed full of fun with great singers! Not overly enamoured by The Wheel though.

[Marc Meakin]

Michael McIntyre is okay.

He's OK but just isn't funny

His Big Show deserves credit for being unique and packed full of fun with great singers! Not overly enamoured by The Wheel though.

I do agree that it's 'trendy ' to say he is not funny in the same way that Coldplay gets stick for their music.
My take on both is that they were better before they hit the big time.
That said he is a better Light entertainment presenter than either of the Walshes.

[Gavin Chipper]

I used to see more stand-up comedy than I do now and I saw McIntyre at least a couple of times before you had to go to the O2 to see him (I presume you now do anyway). I thought he was a decent enough stand-up.