Derek 2.0

Just like the engineers that developed the Sky Commuter?

How many TCAS have to control the aircraft well going through a red light or contending with a mattress on the hwy?

Maybe, and unaffordable for the public, nor in widespread use.

....Yet my wife's self parking Tesla still has scuff marks on the curbside tires.

And some that embrace technology and make a living from the progression of technology also understand its limitations......

Sure, but if the USAF finds the required bandwidth to operate large fleets of UAVs as one of most limiting factors in their widespread use, implementing self driving cars is fantasy......

Self driving cars, that don't drive in rain or snow.........

From his post:

But like self-driving cars?

Will my Jetson's hovercraft be self-driving too? Still waiting for my Sky Commuter:

I don't argue the point that it aides in safety, I spent several months last year in the Western Arctic and can attest to it.......but said technology doesn't, currently, replace human input.

As posted by BC2004 above.......

Sure, but (for example) your phone/computer could contain pictures of you snorting heroin off the body of child sex slaves in Thailand........doesn't mater if it was from last years trip or the one you're returning from presently.....its still the international traffic of child porn.

A centuries old international convention........but of course, someone with diplomatic immunity can still be refused entry or expelled.

Not anytime soon, in fact, the USAF put in storage a portion of the Global Hawk fleet......

We were promised hovercrafts and flying cars (like the Jetsons) decades ago........I'm still waiting.

But said automation still requires human input..........aide in safety? Sure....as a replacement, not likely anytime soon.

Indeed, and even with current technology, UAVs are heavily regulated (for safety) in the airspace in which it can operate..........

There is no evidence to suggest machines are far more superior driving, currently or in the near future, then humans.......thats not to say technology doesn't have a place in aiding in safety, but fully self-driving cars are currently sci-fi.......

Whatever gets you through the night......but in the real World: So unless you're a diplomat, have fun with that.....

Perhaps technology (demonstrators), but not real world feasibility......for ~$140k, my wife's P85 can park itself (most of the time) and warn/assist with cornering, lane changes and emergency braking......more so a progression of cruise control then: I would imagine a present day KITT would cost more than a house in the British Properties.........

Warrant less searches have been apart of the Customs Act since it was brought into effect 30+ years ago: Search of the person 98. (1) An officer may search (a) any person who has arrived in Canada, within a reasonable time after his arrival in Canada, (b ) any person who is about to leave Canada, at any time prior to his departure, or (c) any person who has had access to an area designated for use by persons about to leave Canada and who leaves the area but does not leave Canada, within a reasonable time after he leaves the area, if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person has secreted on or about his person anything in respect of which this Act has been or might be contravened, anything that would afford evidence with respect to a contravention of this Act or any goods the importation or exportation of which is prohibited, controlled or regulated under this or any other Act of Parliament.

That's not so, current (and near term) UAVs very much so have human input (Predators and Global Hawks for example have flight/control crews of 4-6+), likewise earlier aerial drones (or guided missiles for example) having human input prior to mission tasking......That is not to say they won't one day, but not anytime soon....

Right, but if your PC has a fault, it doesn't have the potential to kill a family driving on the Trans-Canada.....

The CBSA though, unlike police, don't require judicial consent to search international mail/parcels (and do it daily), so I don't see why electronic mail would be any different.