[LINK] Cars, again

[Robert Brockway]

On Mon, 13 Nov 2017, Jim Birch wrote:

> Auto-industry elder statesman declares game over. ?It saddens me to say it,
> but we are approaching the end of the automotive era. Travel will be in

Personally I'd love to have a self-driving car.  Instead of driving I can 
use my time in the car more profitably.

I can even send it on errands.  You've got friends or family visiting from 
interstate but you need to be somewhere else at that time?  Send the car 
to pick them up at the airport!  They can open it with a PIN or voice 
command.  A lot cheaper than a taxi.

> standardized modules. The end state will be the fully autonomous module
> with no capability for the driver to exercise command. The tipping point
> will come when 20 to 30 percent of vehicles are fully autonomous. Countries
> will look at the accident statistics and figure out that human drivers are
> causing 99.9 percent of the accidents.

Having even 20-30% of cars coordinating their activities will massively 
reduce congestion.  Computer modelling and real-world tests have shown 
this happens with far less than 20% of cars in an area coordinating.

Human driving will live on as a recreational activity permitted within 
designated areas.

Bring it on, I say! :)

Rob