Nissan Leaf prototype autonomous vehicle.

0patience

New Boots

I should say "Oh great, one more thing to be taken over by robotics of some sort" ....but then I think how much better road trips will be if I can be asleep the whole time.

dr_frankenstein56

90+ Irishman

bearb

perkinke

I was thinking about this the other day, and it occurred to me that if driverless cars become the norm it would be just like traveling on a train that isn't bound by tracks. And if that occurs, would there be any point to personal ownership of cars? Seems like it would be just mass transit by a different method; variances in luxury would seem to be the only differentiating factors. Or not, I dunno. Even if they proved viability and authorized them tomorrow it would be decades before conventional cars could be reasonably outlawed.

beatnic

The driver-less Google cars are already on the streets.

phobicsquirrel

beatnic:

The driver-less Google cars are already on the streets.

Yup. There was a really cool video out that showed a blind man using one to do shopping and stuff. Pretty cool actually. My only issue is software failure, malware, viruses, and who is at fault during a crash? I'm sure there is an override to take control but still. On the plus side I'm sure there will be less issues on the road.