[JoJo Gunn]

I have lost a sister and niece and my son in car crashes.

How about they go after OnStar and that freaking commercial about "I'm bleeding. I don't know how bad. Someone came across the center line"???

OnStar is making money off ads like that. Am I the only one who finds that ad obscene?

[Kirkwood]

OnStar has saved a number of lives. It is important that people are aware of this service, hence the advertising. Video games are for entertainment. This one is particularly sick and I hope there is a special place in hell for the writers and producers of this so-called game.

[DannyTN]

"Am I the only one who finds that ad obscene?"

Sorry about your sister neice and son.

Now that I think about it, that ad probably is obscene. They could convey the same message much less dramatically. But I think you are super-sensitive to it because of your experiences. The fact is, Onstar probably will save lives by making responses to accidents faster. That makes the ad difficult to weigh.

Personally, I think we should automate driving. It would almost eliminate accidents, injury lawyers, car insurance, body shops, traffic fines, medical claims, etc. The advantage to the economy of doing so would be huge (after the adjustment period). And it would also free the elderly, sick and disabled who can't drive. Not to mention being a boone to parents who wouldn't necessarily have to drive their kid to ball practice.

[DannyTN]

In fact, I bet that if the government could quantify how much it spends in Medicare, Medicaid and Disability due to auto accidents it would be a huge amount of $$$. If the government could devote just 10% of that amount to automating driving, I bet the program would have an extremely fast payback.