Can the blind drive cars?

silive.com — Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-flung notion a reality. The National Federation of the Blind and Virginia Tech plan to demonstrate a prototype vehicle next year equipped with technology that helps a blind person drive a car independently. Jul 2, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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absurdist Jul 2, 2010

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What could possibly go wrong?

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eagles7977 Jul 2, 2010

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NO

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davincih Jul 2, 2010

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Sure. Just not well.

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azric Jul 3, 2010

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This reminds me of an episode of Mythbusters. They had a non-blind passenger guide a blind driver in their "myth." Of course it was on a closed course.

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brezzz Jul 3, 2010

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Depends on the width of the road.

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