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Nobody is saying this is logical. The point is that people will use this as a hyped-up political foothold to point out why automated drivers are "unsafe" as wel

Nobody is saying this is logical. The point is that people will use this as a hyped-up political foothold to point out why automated drivers are "unsafe" as well as "taking our jobs".

visakanv 11y ago
Fun fact: automated elevators were considered to be "unsafe" and "taking our jobs", too. Somehow we got past that one!
- CaptSpify 11y ago
  Oh, I absolutely think we will get past this line of thinking. Automated driving is the future. I just don't think it will be a smooth transition.
- Johnny555 11y ago
  And elevators sometimes kill people, yet few people are afraid of them. Admittedly, deaths are very rare, especially per-trip, 27 per year or 0.00000015% per trip -- self driving cars should be able to get into that level of safety, current automotive fatality rates are around 1 in 100M (or .000001%/mile) http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/15/news/la-heb-elevator-safety-death-201112115 http://articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/15/news/la-heb-elevator...
radiorental 11y ago
> political foothold Driver's union versus transportation industry. I have a hunch which way the politicians will sway.