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Why not? I'm seeing numerous, huge advantages to the driverless cars. The only advantage to a normal car is that sometimes they can be fun to drive. Frankly, I'
by ryusage 15y ago
Why not? I'm seeing numerous, huge advantages to the driverless cars. The only advantage to a normal car is that sometimes they can be fun to drive. Frankly, I'd be more than happy to make that tradeoff, and I suspect I'm not unusual in that regard.
- maximusprime 15y agoWould you also like to cut off your legs and replace them with computer controlled wheels? Once again HN and techies in general are a ridiculously small percentage of the population. Normal people do not see things the same way.
- Turing_Machine 15y agoPeople have already replaced their legs with wheels to a very large degree. The computer control is just an added nuance.
- saraid216 15y agoI'm not convinced that trade-off would exist. It can't possibly be hard for a driverless car to kick control over to a human driver.
- gridspy 15y agoThere is a significant potential saving in temoving the now-redundant controls. Also, as computers become safer than humans, human drivers may be actively discouraged.