[LINK] itN: Reckless MPs okay Driverless Cars

[Jim Birch]

David Lochrin  wrote:

>
> Call me over-cautious, but it will be a while before I entrust my nearest
> & dearest to a driverless car.


How do you feel about them getting in a car with a human driver?  It's not
like they are accident proof.  People have all kinds of irrational fears,
eg, fear of flying (which is actually incredibly safe.)  We are certainly
hard-wired to find the unfamiliar stressful.  If the numbers says
driverless cars are significantly safer, I'm going with that.  There may be
some new and different problems but overall it's a benefit.  However, it
looks like it might be going to take a while to convince everyone.

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Congestion is a complex issue.  I'm not expecting modern cities to return
to a state of pastoral calm, I was just saying that driverless cars have
advantages in terms of traffic throughput for a number of reasons, eg, they
don't have egos.  The fact that there will always be death and disease does
not make improving the health system a crazy idea.

Jim