Word: driverless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...five people crawled out of the weird and apparently driverless vehicle safe in Greek territory, Ivanov called out the one word of Greek he had learned was a magic password. "Prosphyges! [Refugees!]," he cried...
...Guilty Flee. In Jonesboro, Ark., Mrs. R. J. Barnhoft was arrested for drunkenness when she drove into a service station dragging a driverless pickup truck by the rear bumper of her car, and whispered darkly to the attendant: "I wish you'd check that guy behind me; I think he's drunk...
...Driverless Tractor. An electronically guided tractor for pulling carts in factories was demonstrated by the Barrett-Cravens Co. of Chicago. Operating without a driver, the tractor follows an electronic beam to its destination, waits until the carts are loaded or unloaded, then proceeds on its way. Should something get in its way or divert it from its electronic track, it emits a series of warning beeps until the obstruction is cleared. Price for tractor and controls...
...King, who is physical training instructor of the Sultan's guards, leaped on the running board of the Ford, grabbed ben Abdallah by the neck and wrestled him from the car. Ben Abdallah pulled a butcher knife from his djellaba and sliced King's shoulder, while the driverless roadster plowed on into the Sultan's horse, breaking one of its legs (the animal was later destroyed). Sten gunners of the imperial guard fired a burst at ben Abdallah; he quivered, then died. Sultan Arafa, unhurt, turned to his aides and said "Sibismaken" (No harm done). Then...
...visibility is poor. Next would come the buried transmitters to warn of obstacles on the road. These, thinks Zworykin. will probably have to wait until transistors are available in quantity; vacuum tubes in the transmitters would demand too much current. Final stage would be a complete system to deliver driverless vehicles at their destinations unguided by human hands...