Re:Driverless car review launched by UK government
by evgen on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @11:39AM
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Since this will never happen, while the thousands of deaths per year due to driver error is a reality, who cares?
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Re:Driverless car review launched by UK government
by newaccountfool on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @03:46PM
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considering in the uk the deaths caused by dangerous driving is 0.04% is it worth making everyone change to driverless cars? What happens if I want to drive my old reliable ford escort MK2? Do I not get to any more?
Re:Driverless car review launched by UK government
by evgen on Friday February 13, 2015 @07:27AM
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Yes, it is worth it. Initially we will provide tax rebates to driverless cars to encourage people to transition, then we add a "you are an anti-social luddite" tax to manual drive cars, then we make the latter illegal on public roads.
If you want to drive you old reliable fold escort you are free to do so on your own property, this has the added bonus that you can drive it as fast and as dangerously as you want (barring negligence regarding passengers or bystanders.) Once you enter the public thoroughfare we fine you and if the offense is egregious or leads to injury to others we put you in jail. Same response we give to someone who wants to drive 200kph.