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Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by WalterBright on Friday November 25, 2016 @09:58PM (#13041443)
Although I know it is inevitable, I'll be sad when my muscle car is driven off the road.
Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by grzm on Friday November 25, 2016 @10:00PM (#13041452)
Cranking Red Barchetta at full volume? I know what you mean. Though I'm a little more saddened thinking of the day when autopilot replaces me at the wheel.
Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by WalterBright on Saturday November 26, 2016 @12:34AM (#13041893)
Yes, manually driving a car will become illegal probably sooner than one expects.

While I'd like to leave the driving to Otto most of the time, sometimes I really like to drive myself, and would miss it.

I like my drag racing manual transmission and clutch, it's a heluva lot of fun to drive on the open road, but it's agony in heavy city traffic. (The engine just will not run at low speeds, the clutch is very grabby :) It can be really hard to get moving uphill from a standstill without rotating the tires in place a few times.)

Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by Reason077 on Saturday November 26, 2016 @03:25AM (#13042505)
There's no reason why manual driving needs to be made illegal.

A much more likely scenario is that safety features, starting with AEB collision avoidance, will become mandatory.

This will progress to the point where autopilot will always be running in a supervisory role, ready to take over in an instant if you're doing something dumb that could harm yourself or others.

Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by Angostura on Saturday November 26, 2016 @03:43AM (#13042571)
It takes about 25 years to cycle the road-going fleet
Re:Tesla Shock Means Global Gasoline Demand Has All but Peaked by mseebach on Saturday November 26, 2016 @05:56AM (#13042917)
Older cars can be prohibited from using, first, HOV-style "automatic" lanes, then highways in rush hour, then highways altogether, much sooner than that.