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. ---- 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 _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
