stupid idea. even if no real accident happens, many problems will arise with automated - can’t think and see/reason as human does - sort of technology.
If God wanted man to fly, he would have given him wings.
Like the stupid pictures of a local mayor here wearing his business suit and cheerfully riding his Segway in traffic-—on a 70 degree blue sky sunny day——
where is his Segway during the 4-5 months in Michigan with ice pellets, ice on roads, ten to twenty inch snowfalls, windchills far below zero, and heavy rains leading to flood alerts? Maybe put a rain slicker over his suit?
Michigan driverless cars will have to guess at the invisible lane markings like we do when budgets cuts in towns and cities mean delays in plows getting to clear roads of heavy snow and drifting. So sensors under every lane? Billions of dollars? And when to decide to venture forward or not risk it when some lanes are flooded for a day long period—that happens every year.