How much time do you think we have left?

[joesregalproject]

Joe, to your first point, do you think the insurance companies will likely resist? Less drivers = less profits.

You bring up an excellent point, and there is no doubt the insurance companies have a lot of power over how this all works out. In my opinion, I think the insurance companies are going to have to wait a little while longer to see how much self driving technology will actually impact their business. But I can assure you, if it messes with their profits, they will be fighting tooth and nail. We all know how "wonderful" insurance companies are to deal with, lol.

And this kind of touches into my second point, which is- is it economically irresponsible to implement this technology?

 

[454GrandPrix]

As fuel prices continue to rise due to less demand

As has been pointed out, this is exactly incorrect. For any commodity, price generally follows demand; higher demand results in higher price, while lower demand causes prices to fall.

self driving cars wreck

Did none of you hear about that incident in Vegas last week? They released America's first self-driving vehicle into the wild (as a taxi cab of sorts), and it didn't make it one full hour before being involved in a crash.

there are a crap load of kids into cars, your not looking

Sadly, you are looking too closely--your workplace does not reflect the nation as a whole. Yes, there are some kids still into cars. There are also many kids who now don't view car ownership as any sort of necessity. This is why many kids don't currently have driver licenses, and those who do often are in no rush to get them. Back in my day, you'd run out and get your license the day you were eligible. Now I have two nieces who didn't even get their learners permit before they were 17; the older one got her license only because her parents forced her into it--they were tired of giving her rides everywhere.

Uber and Lyft were only the first step; the mentality being, "I don't need to own a car since I can just call for one on the rare occasion that I have a use for one." The next evolutionary step is for that car to be automated. Even though this is true, personally I don't see fleets of driverless cars being ready for prime time for at least 10 years from now.

 

[motorheadmike]

Live your life for today and don't worry about tomorrow - because it may never come.

 

[abadwillys]

the cars are ready now.. wont be long

im on the back side of my life ..you fellas have fun with that

 

[fleming442]

As mentioned, I can't see it happening anytime soon. Have you seen Back to the Future?

 

[TURNA]

Cars aren't going anywhere!!!

Every car company out there is bringing back "muscle cars" even the rice jobs are coming with V-8's



They built a bike lane right in front of my work place and the hippies were complaining because we block it when we park.

One quick visit to ebay and 14 buxx later we put an end to the cry baby bitchin

 

[TURNA]

Our former Commander in Chief tried it with Cash for Clunkers

 

[Ribbedroof]

I think that the people behind this ever-increasing push to remove human control are typically large urban-area dwellers, who have likely never been to places like Wyoming, Montana, western Oklahoma, New Mexico and pretty much any area outside of high-density population centers.

I can't see self driving cars ever completely replacing automobiles as we know them today. Too much resistance from the non-conformists, and who is going to pay for them....I still see people looking for $500 cars on Crigslist at least once a week. New technology isn't cheap, and the working poor are a fast-growing group in the USA

 

[pagrunt]

In rural America how can some of these ideas work? When you have 45 minute ride one way for basic needs, poor/limited cell service, your location is not even a landmark on GPS let alone there are roads not even on a paper how can urban ideas be applied efficiently? What to do when the system fails in the middle of no where & the car dies or does its own thing? Worst, some dirt bag hijacks the car remotely? The should slow down & develop fully/better instead of rushing this technology. Hell the kids of the '50's are still waiting for flying cars & jet packs right? Where are they?

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

As I said, city folk don't care at all how they screw over country folk who are not even a factor to them. In the part of NJ I live in, its a half hour drive to any kind of retail store, so a ride share thing will not work well for me.

To me, this self driving car craze is like gun control, its about control, not safety. There are all sorts of ways it can be abused by companies and governments.