Angela
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It makes it more difficult. It is so much easier to take a truck and drive into a crowd than make explosives or smuggle them.Well, they could just put a bomb in one, or mess with the program. You can do a lot of security around planes and airports. How could you secure all these driver-less cars? Heck, if you're good at hacking, you could program thousands of them to all just plow down the opposite lane into oncoming traffic. I think they're more dangerous from the standpoint of terrorism. Just as are those drones that amazon wants cluttering up the sky.
Sorry, but I always tend to think of this from a law enforcement angle and what "bad actors" of any kind would be able to do.
The good side of automated cars is that no terrorist could drive them into the crowd anymore killing people.
You are missing a point again. What is easier, hack a car or get in and drive it into a crowd?
Good point, I'm surprised that they don't use cyber war yet hacking to our infrastructure like power plants or traffic lights. This has to say something about their general intellect.I agree, but you should have formulated it that way then.
Luckily, most fanatic people are also rather stupid.
Or not? It is the smart fanatics that make stupid fanatics do suicide bombings or drive trucks into the crowd.
Anyway, as long as there are stupid fanatics, no need to hack cars or trucks.
Good point, I'm surprised that they don't use cyber war yet hacking to our infrastructure like power plants or traffic lights. This has to say something about their general intellect.
I think we will see first driverless taxis in some centers in 2 years. In 4 everybody will be able to buy one. In 10 half cars on roads will be driverless. In 20 years independent driving will be deemed dangerous, hampering traffic and illegal. Traffic will flow easier eliminating traffic jambs. We might never need new or bigger roads.Driver-less cars? If it means I don't have to come across another a$$hole on the road - sign me up!
Given what most modern cars can already do, I can see it being a reality in the state capitals and larger cities within the next couple of decades.
The only thing slowing it down is an over-cautious and lengthy testing period (which is probably fair enough).
Definitely fewer cars will be needed. I'm not sure if number of cars will drop dramatically, because people still need to drive to work and people having more time and money will love going places. We love our freedom to move around.For those who only drive around the city, it makes sense that in the future you would rely on ordering a driver less car. At a minimum, it would mean that all those two and three car households would only need the one car (at the very most).
That's right. Smart phone age makes everything more efficient and finds productivity without production. Without producing anything, except of software, Uber became biggest taxi company in the world, Airbnb became biggest hotel chain without building a single building. There are other services connecting empty spaces to people who want to use it for conferencing, office, storage or to help us reuse good items that we don't want anymore, kijiji or eBay.The other thing is that you end up reducing all car parking space by at least 80% within metropolitan areas, and you use that space for something more productive. Rather than having cars sitting around doing nothing for up to 20 hours per day, with the driverless car model, there are hardly any cars sitting around, they are all being utilised on the road, or momentarily waiting for the next order.
No different than today's problem with cars malfunctioning. Insurance will cover damages, and the car manufacturer might be sued for negligence.What if that car makes mistake where people will be injured. Who will answer for that??
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It will be a whole new branch of tort law. Everybody will get sued, just like today: the owner, the manufacturer, the software creators, you name it.What if that car makes mistake where people will be injured. Who will answer for that??
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I myself like bycicles [emoji41]It will be a whole new branch of tort law. Everybody will get sued, just like today: the owner, the manufacturer, the software creators, you name it.
I have no idea why people think there'll be less traffic. Everyone will want one, or they'll be getting cab rides everywhere. The only thing that makes a dent in traffic is mass transit.
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