“Autonomous” or self driving cars are basically a hype or a meme, just like most robotics products except drones/cobotics, sure, I appreciate the advancements a

“Autonomous” or self driving cars are basically a hype or a meme, just like most robotics products except drones/cobotics, sure, I appreciate the advancements and testing the limits in any technology and would love to even work in one or build it, but it’s still a dummy meme that can be disabled or tricked by simple tricks. Autonomous cars will not solve anything; the only solution is fewer cars. Americans have ingrained cars into their identity and built their entire infrastructure and cities around them. The solution has always been there, as you have mentioned in the original post: tracks, aka trains, which are much safer and better in terms of infrastructure, speed, and eliminating the legal need for a driver, among many other factors. To put it in perspective, comparing autonomous cars to trains is like comparing tracks to “loop” - or whatever that underground Tesla tunnel is - one is reliable and proven for decades, the other is just a hype and a reinvention of the wheel to keep it centered around cars.