As technology advances, you may eventually pass the point of diminishing returns for the conveniences you've added to the product you are selling. This is exactly where autonomous cars are right now. They've been "right around the corner" for decades now. The biggest hurdle they are facing is that they've been able to automate cars to the point where they are actually MORE DANGEROUS today than they were 25 years ago. And they are more dangerous because they've become so heavily automated but are not yet 100% automated -- which means people can drive them without much skill at all. That's great for the 99% of the time when everything works fine, but for that last 1% of the time the driver has become so conditioned to driving half-assed that he's totally unprepared to deal with an out-of-the-ordinary situation on the road in front of him.
I work professionally in a field where we deal with vehicle safety regularly, and I can honestly say we would be better off going BACKWARDS in vehicle technology. If it were up to me, I'd start by outlawing the automatic transmission entirely.
-PJ
Automatic Transmissions?
Why? When I broke my collar bone I was very happy to have an auto shifter.
Though it would eliminate texting and driving.
Ok, I’ll bite. What’s so bad about an automatic transmission?