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I think that what we're seeing is all the change-averse stick-in-the-muds going "oh, no, no, no, we don't want things to be different to the way they are now, that might be dangerous, unlike the perfectly safe existence we have right now that I grew up with", and soon enough they're all going to be dead from old age or sitting on their arses all the time or car crashes and the robocars will just march forth into being around them.
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I think that what we're seeing is all the change-averse stick-in-the-muds going "oh, no, no, no, we don't want things to be different to the way they are now, that might be dangerous, unlike the perfectly safe existence we have right now that I grew up with", and soon enough
Hardly.. There is a very big push to electric self-driving cars. A number of countries have even set national goals. Companies too are gearing up. Look at all the "car sharing" companies sprouting up.. many being driven by the makers of the motorcars themselves-- such as BMW with Drive Now--- and many throwing their makers into the business of making motorcars--- Google, Apple, Uber..
they're all going to be dead from old age or sitting on their arses all the time or car crashes and the robocars will just march forth into being around them.
Re-insurrance companies have already gotten into the game so it is really a short jump to making human driven motorcars prohibitively expensive. In the shorter term I think we'll see more and more accident aversion technology and this too will get folded into the "cost to drive".
EdwardZ
Why choose? Aren't they all communicating with each other? Wouldn't they have deadman's switch failsafe brakes that disable the car if something fucks up? You could still have the safety features cars currently have so if someone rammed it, it'd likely protect the occupants. I dunno, I see that video of the Tesla and think "oh they've just filmed one of the 90% of people driving around distracted". Lose a few people in the name of progress - who cares! Get me robocars!