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To: Jonty30
About twenty or so percent of the population drives for a living.

Which is a profession more dangerous than police work. Half the people on the road are below average drivers, and some are one text message away from killing. The transformation from driver into passenger began a while ago.

The oversupply of people that can't compete in the job market is a big problem without any pretty solutions.

8 posted on 02/13/2015 2:39:43 AM PST by Reeses
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To: Reeses
So, is your driverless car going to look at that other driver, assess the risk, and get where they can't involve you in their wreck?

Nope. I'd rather be at the wheel myself.

I won't own a vehicle which automatically stops at some sign of an obstruction, either. There are times when you might want to hit something (in order to escape a bad situation). If your car automatically stops, you're just so much fresh meat for the predators.

9 posted on 02/13/2015 2:48:28 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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