4 ms·
I remember the transport minister of India claiming that he would ban self-driving cars to protect the jobs of drivers. No city in India is even close to ready
by manan_doshi 9y ago
I remember the transport minister of India claiming that he would ban self-driving cars to protect the jobs of drivers. No city in India is even close to ready for self driving vehicles.
- kbos87 9y agoI can appreciate the core of what he’s trying to do. Autonomous vehicles can bring about a lot of good. They can also bring about massive consolidation of work and wealth in the hands of the few fleet owners that will inevitably emerge. A society in which driving, one of the principal means of employment, no longer exists, is going to suffer a long list of negative externalities that the proponents never take into account. A better solution would be to encourage the growth of autonomous vehicles but create an environment in which the ownership of said vehicles is largely distributed.