CA gets on board with Self-Driving Cars, a new fun technology that

[CK_John]

may cost 15-20 mil jobs of people who drive for a living.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/48861376

It seems they are taking away jobs before we can even serve the unemployed.

[CJCRANE]

1. It could potentially give a lot of people more freedom...

I think it's the way of the future.

[loli phabay]

5. awesome tech, i would love a car that drives for me, i would just sleep all the time

no more congestion as every car whips along at optimum speed, I say bring it on.

[backscatter712]

2. Buggy-whip manufacturers are still pissed off about the invention of the internal combustion engine.

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I think that this technology can save lives, once mature.

Imagine that you drive downtown, hit the bars, get yourself likkored up, and then when the bars close, you're confronted with the problem of getting yourself home safely even though you've got a buzz that indicates you're not cool behind the wheel. Sure you could call a cab, but maybe you're broke...

If you could just go to your car and say "Computer, drive me home", there's thousands of lives saved right there. Computers don't get drunk, they don't get tired, they don't lose their shit and get road rage, that computer would be able to drive you home safely and reliably.

[CK_John]

3. Not against change or technology but down side is not taken into account.

[jberryhill]

4. Unlikely to replace commercial driving

Modern passenger aircraft can pretty much fly itself, including takeoff and landing.

But we tend not to put lives of passengers into the hands of machines.

Similar deal with trains.

Cab and limo drivers do a LOT more than get people from A to B.

[CK_John]

6. Promise.

[CJCRANE]

7. There are driverless trains in various places

from what I've heard, so it is possible...

[Jennicut]

8. Heck no would I let a computer car drive me anywhere.

Anyone ever see the NCIS episode called Driven about a smart car that killed someone? It almost kills Abby!

Seriously, it probably would work out okay. It only freaks me out slightly.

[enlightenment]

9. About time . . .

[CK_John]

10. I wonder what this does for the price of a Taxi Medallion in NYC.

[kestrel91316]

11. There will be lots more healthcare jobs to take care of the

pedestrians and cyclists these cockamamie things hit.