Less drivers equals less jobs. About twenty or so percent of the population drives for a living. Remove that and that’s a lot of people looking for work at the roboticized McDonald’s.
> Why are conservatives down on driverless cars? Politically driverless cars and pilotless aircraft will help middle class families live farther away from the communist cities. Lower population density means a comeback for American style freedom, and voters against 50% tax rates for seldom seen or needed government pseudo-workers.
Probably because the gov doesnt have a good track record on managing or implementing anything. Plus I don’t want my car to drive me to the police station for the unpaid red light camera and speeding violations I received the last month when my car was driving “itself” and made a few “mistakes”. Also so it wont “accidentally” accellerate into a pole at 80 mph if I happen to be a journalist writing a piece about Benghazi....
I’d agree. Today most military aircraft can’t be flown except thru computer control. The craft are not inherently stable. Only a computer, making thousands of minute corrections per-second keeps the craft stable.
Most people don’t realize just how computerized there car is already because the systems are so well integrated with the vehicle; computer controlled ignition timing, valve timing, anti-skid, anti-lock brake systems, driver assist parking, collision avoidance.
Ask the question; who would you rather have piloting the vehicle next to you; a computer making thousands of split-second adjustments per second with unwavering attention, or a 20-somthing ditz texting with one hand while sipping a latte in the other? I trust machines more than people nowadays.