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You're missing one important factor - many people, me included, just like to drive cars and they don't treat them as "transport vehicle only". I would refuse to

You're missing one important factor - many people, me included, just like to drive cars and they don't treat them as "transport vehicle only". I would refuse to use a driverless car even if it would be more economic, more safe and would transport me faster.

VBprogrammer 14y ago
I'm sure you feel that way. But I'm certain plenty of people felt that way when horses were replaced by cars. There is no arguing with better. As likely as not the government will eventually force your hand with driverless only lanes / roads. Anyway, if you really want to enjoy a driving experience get a motorcycle!
greiskul 14y ago
That's what people said about the horse probably.
lucian1900 14y ago
Would you use an optionally driverless car? On long trips you could just take a nap, but you could have your fun driving any time. However, at some point the safety factor may force you to stop driving. I wouldn't want you to be driving, when a machine could do it better.
- sopooneo 14y ago
  Many will not take such a rational approach to the safety issue. Every driverless car fatality will get huge press. No one I know has ever died in an airplane, but quite a few I know are afraid to fly.
  - lucian1900 14y ago
    Indeed, public perception will be an issue. I still have hope that people will get over it.
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4abhishekpathak 14y ago
Do many people also like to drive trains,or pilot airplanes? Its a paradigm shift in the usage of an established commodity,one that will take some time getting used to.
raldi 14y ago
And the car will humor you, and make it feel like you're in control, until you try to change lanes and the car takes over to prevent you from sideswiping the car that you didn't know was there.
Cushman 14y ago
This reads to me like arguing for your right to fire guns into the air. You think driving is fun? So do I. I also think it's the most likely way I'm going to die right now, and that thought terrifies me every time I get into a car. (And how much would it suck to be one of the last few hundred thousand people to die in a car crash before it never happened again to anyone?) We already have tracks, which like firing ranges allow people like us to indulge our hobby in both safety and company. Driving a car on public roads is a ludicrously dangerous and irresponsible thing to do just because it's fun.
- chrisfromto 14y ago
  Come on. It's not that dangerous.
  - Cushman 14y ago
    It is by far the most dangerous activity (in an accidental death sense) that most Americans participate in. Is it more dangerous than a lot of things most Americans don't do? No, but that doesn't make it not really, really dangerous.

VBprogrammer 14y ago

I'm sure you feel that way. But I'm certain plenty of people felt that way when horses were replaced by cars. There is no arguing with better. As likely as not the government will eventually force your hand with driverless only lanes / roads. Anyway, if you really want to enjoy a driving experience get a motorcycle!

greiskul 14y ago

That's what people said about the horse probably.

lucian1900 14y ago

Would you use an optionally driverless car? On long trips you could just take a nap, but you could have your fun driving any time. However, at some point the safety factor may force you to stop driving. I wouldn't want you to be driving, when a machine could do it better.

sopooneo 14y ago
Many will not take such a rational approach to the safety issue. Every driverless car fatality will get huge press. No one I know has ever died in an airplane, but quite a few I know are afraid to fly.
- lucian1900 14y ago
  Indeed, public perception will be an issue. I still have hope that people will get over it.

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4abhishekpathak 14y ago

Do many people also like to drive trains,or pilot airplanes? Its a paradigm shift in the usage of an established commodity,one that will take some time getting used to.

raldi 14y ago

And the car will humor you, and make it feel like you're in control, until you try to change lanes and the car takes over to prevent you from sideswiping the car that you didn't know was there.

Cushman 14y ago

This reads to me like arguing for your right to fire guns into the air. You think driving is fun? So do I. I also think it's the most likely way I'm going to die right now, and that thought terrifies me every time I get into a car. (And how much would it suck to be one of the last few hundred thousand people to die in a car crash before it never happened again to anyone?) We already have tracks, which like firing ranges allow people like us to indulge our hobby in both safety and company. Driving a car on public roads is a ludicrously dangerous and irresponsible thing to do just because it's fun.

chrisfromto 14y ago
Come on. It's not that dangerous.
- Cushman 14y ago
  It is by far the most dangerous activity (in an accidental death sense) that most Americans participate in. Is it more dangerous than a lot of things most Americans don't do? No, but that doesn't make it not really, really dangerous.