Posted on 03/07/2015 3:05:54 AM PST by SMGFan
Although we’re likely a decade or two away from every person on the block owning a driverless car, when the time comes we could be saving billions of dollars and spending far less time dealing with auto accidents.
The Wall Street Journal reports that a new study found that widespread use of self-driving cars could eliminate 90% of all auto accidents in the U.S. and decrease the costs related to accident damage and health issues by around $190 billion each year.
(Excerpt) Read more at consumerist.com ...
Toonces the cat who can drive a car. /s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_hwerqogzQ
At some point in this development....when it’s some snow and ice out there...your driver-less car will be activated by you and the desire will be a trip into work. The car will get the latest weather report, road status, and measure the temp and situation...then tell you that it is not safe to leave the driveway. If you try to override the car decision...it’ll likely send an email to your insurance company, your wife, and your minister about your unsafe decision. Whether you like or not...the car will keep you safe but highly frustrated.
Also consider how accident rates will drop substantially, and car insurance....even for a 18-year-old kid....might be just a hundred bucks a year.
Note to self.
Sell auto body repair stock.
Flying cars will lower road use and potholes. That will save States Billions.
Out of reach of many people pricewise but that’s OK, they simply don’t want self drivers on their roads.
Also consider the relative luxury a dog lives in compared to the wolf.
The wolf is free.
Self-driving cars could eliminate 90% of all personal freedom in the United States.
...from my cold, dead white knuckles!
SWAT teams serving warrants would wither away. Your car will just deliver you to the popo station when they want you.
A “self driving” car is when “my-self” is driving it.
This would be a “government driven” car and I do not want one.
Get out the vote would be more effective. Your car would take you only to the polls on voting days.
Precisely, the standards dictating how the car drives would be dictated by some never elected leftest government bureaucrat.
I am sure that there will be a market for self driving cars that cannot be controlled from outside. It will be a personal choice, but look for big government types to push for its inclusion in a car for “safety purposes”.
I’ll take one as long as I have a manual override.
And I’m mechanically and electrically self-educated enough to know and verify that I have such an override and it cannot be overridden.
“This would be a “government driven” car and I do not want one.”
See the Affordable Care Act ...
Liberals love mass transit. Obama tried to force rail down our throats, wasting billions.
Driverless cars will be the mass transit that liberals dreamt about.
I can see the private ownership of cars being outlawed or highly restricted. If you need a car, you request one and it will be there for you. Perhaps in rural areas, you will keep a publicly owned car in your driveway. If your calendar does not show a need, it can be summoned by your neighbors. Your car will be replaced with another as soon as possible.
All movements will be tracked. Trucks will be the same if you need to haul things from Home Depot...but Home Depot will pay for those trucks.
Who will pay for these cars? Your employer, of course! If you need to get to work, a car will come and get you and pick up your co-workers. Car pooling will be mandatory. Once at work, that car can be used by seniors and the unemployed to go to the bingo hall or score the heroin they need to get through the day.
And cops can just send a stop signal instead of chasing. Criminals can do the same.
The govt can close down travel with the push of a button.
They might have the reverse effect and cause the cities to drain out into the countryside. When people spread out they vote for less government and more freedom. Many cities have huge retired Democrat costs and will quickly go bankrupt.
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