Wired:
One landmark study cited “human errors” as the “definite or probable causes” of 93 percent of crashes. Faced with the alternatives — that guy who cut us off without signaling, the mom nursing an Ambien hangover who’s drifting into the right lane, the Bluetooth jockey doing 90 mph — I welcome our new robotic Prius-driving overlords.
I love driving but reading the article makes you realize we might be better off if we let computers take over most of the “heavy lifting” of day to day driving.
I wouldn’t want anyone to take joyful driving away, but I’ve often contemplated how much better traffic would be in rush-hour zones if cars could be automated on the highways.
Agreed. The stop and go of daily commuter traffic is mind numbing and might be better if taken over by automation but I wouldn’t want “the government” to take away our “joyful driving”.
For example, I’m a motorcyclist. No way would I want that automated nor would I ride on a robot motorcycle. 🙂