Driverless Cars

[Mock Turtle]

In the Arizona city where they first started from my understanding they are less likely to get involved in an accident. Yes, they sometimes will make stupid errors. But humans are all but guaranteed to.

So how much better than human drivers do they have to be before they are accepted?

They probably are safer already, but I'm surprised the UK makes it to fourth in the list here:

The top five best-equipped countries to support autonomous vehicles – Who's leading the self-driving revolution?

Confused.com compiled global data to score which countries are the best equipped for the future of autonomous vehicles.

electrek.co

 

[Secret Chief]

I'm surprised the UK makes it to fourth in the list here:

Well it is rated by confused.com

 

[Esteban X]

"My heartbeat quickens just a little as the cab approaches. It's a bizarre sight, one that I thought I wouldn't see in my lifetime.
The cab has no driver. It stops in front of me and invites me to unlock its door with my phone - before whisking me into the night..."
Thoughts?

- How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco

Death cab for cutie

 

[Mock Turtle]

Death cab for cutie

Not this at all then?

 

[PureX]

I can see a hyperbolic future where no one knows how to drive a vehicle. Complete dependency on outside corporations and government.

I don't see that as advantageous for humanity when individuals will have no future control or ability if my hypothetical comes true at some point.

We don't have to be independent to have control over our social and technological systems. But we do have to be aware and vigilant, and be willing to fight to keep them from falling under the control of those who would use them to exploit and abuse us. We are going to have to either jettison capitalism, or give up collective efficiency in the very near future or we will end up being subjugated by a new corporate techno-feudalism where the majority of humans live enslaved to a few wealthy corporate elites that do not deserve to weild that kind of power, and that will inevitably abuse it.

 

[Heyo]

They probably are safer already, but I'm surprised the UK makes it to fourth in the list here:

The top five best-equipped countries to support autonomous vehicles – Who's leading the self-driving revolution?

Confused.com compiled global data to score which countries are the best equipped for the future of autonomous vehicles.

electrek.co

And Germany is fifth. They'll have to build them with big scissors to cut through the red tape.