This sort of thinking is why laws were passed to say that every car had to be preceded by a man on foot waving a flag, when cars were first introduced. The aut

This sort of thinking is why laws were passed to say that every car had to be preceded by a man on foot waving a flag, when cars were first introduced. The author admits there's no current practical problem: "Since yesterday, we have been told that “safety drivers” in these vehicles have been instructed to disengage from self-driving mode when approaching right turns on a street with a bike lane and that engineers are continuing to work on the problem" Then he calls for a petition to ban the robot cars! I remember back when introducing daylight savings time was feared because farmers thought it would greatly upset their cows (in Alberta, this was.) As it happens I hate daylight savings time now, but not for that reason. Hmm, come to think of it, there is an argument here re unintended consequences - if we've spotted one already, there are probably more. I believe I've argued myself to a standstill. If I weren't so stubborn, I'd switch sides.