driverless vehicles should not be allowed on the roads.
“Open the car door, Hal....”
>>I don’t know about this. I’m sure it works and all, or will work. But I see freedom diminishing and that’s the most troubling thing I see. <<
I read an article (here?) the other day that suggested cars as we know them will disappear once they are self-driving. After all, why sit in an unnatural position when you can sleep, watch TV, basically have a man- (or woman-) cave on wheels. Why worry about your commute when you can just get in your vehicle, pull up the covers and just sleep until you get to work, then change (and shower?) in your vehicle.
The author suggested that people are going to have self-driving Winnebagos and live maybe hours from work.
But the “car” as we know it is probably going to disappear in our lifetimes.
what hurts me is that when all cars are driverless, and maybe not being allowed to drive will be passed by law in the future, there is absolutely no reason to buy one over the other. Might as well make them all black, like Ford said.
...and the car’s programming assumes the worst in most situations, such as that a pedestrian moving along a sidewalk might step out into the street at any moment.
Personal freedom increases as population density decreases. There are fewer rules to follow when you have fewer neighbors to deal with. Self-driving cars and aircraft will enable more people to live farther away from the cities, increasing personal freedom.
Someone was told me that being autonomous is good but still required human intervention. Driverless cars should not be allowed on the road, I agree. A autonomous car that has a licensed driver in the driver’s seat - I see no reason why this cannot be allowed. This would allow for the monitoring by humans and the intervention when needed. If there is no licensed driver in the driver’s seat the car should not be moving.
Very Interesting.
On the other hand, I can't stand the idea of being so dependent on tech. Too many things to go wrong. There is no way you will ever convince me that these types of vehicles are "hack proof", and I would bet dollars to donuts that some governmental agency is going to demand an "emergency backdoor access" to the system so they can shut down, or control a particular vehicle if "needed".
No thanks, I'll keep driving my old '77 Chevy pickup.