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I just don't think that we as a society are ready for the driverless car. We are not ready to give up the freedom and the semi-anonymous nature of driving. I kn
by intrasight 11y ago
I just don't think that we as a society are ready for the driverless car. We are not ready to give up the freedom and the semi-anonymous nature of driving. I know you'll that with ubiquitous cameras that we are already being tracked, but that is different from the continuous, high-fidelity tracking that will be in place on these cars. I trust neither the private companies nor the government to keep this data secure. I expect that within my driving lifetime that I'll be forced to choose between lower insurance (for driverless cars) and driving myself. That makes me sad.
And consider, if you will, how this can become the modern version of "Red Barchetta" if you did choose to keep driving yourself.
- fluxquanta 11y agoI'm absolutely with you. The weather's finally warming up, so I spent most of this past weekend doing maintenance on my motorcycle for the riding season. In a couple of decades will riding a motorcycle on public roads even be an option anymore? Will all motorcycle riding be relegated to isolated tracks, to which we'll have to ferry our motorcycles on autonomous transport? I'd rather not ride at all at that point, and that makes me sad as well.
- tim333 11y agoYou can have self driving cars where you can turn the system on and off like you can on the Tesla S. That would work for me. I can't see them banning human driving in a hurry.
- intrasight 11y agoNot "banning" but you will pay higher insurance. Then we'll have a society where only the wealthy can drive their own cars for pleasure.