I never thought of that. Probably, the cars would be, too. (Reply #20)

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Mon Mar 19, 2018, 07:45 PM

20. I never thought of that. Probably, the cars would be, too.

The driverless lobby will probably say that they are safer than human-driven cars, and that might be true.

Honestly, I have no idea. But it gives me the creeps, nevertheless.

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30 replies	Author	Time	Post
What Uber and Tesla and Google wont tell you about self driving cars [View all]	blake2012	Mar 2018	OP
Spot on.	brush	Mar 2018	#1
And just buses, which are a very flexible and cost-effective means of mass transit.	LisaM	Mar 2018	#2
My hope is Seattle will do a bus map redesign to complement the rail thats been added	blake2012	Mar 2018	#4
Most people hate buses	hueymahl	Mar 2018	#6
The buses in Seattle get you a lot closer to where you live than the light rail does.	LisaM	Mar 2018	#7
Our light rail hits cars regularly.	zipplewrath	Mar 2018	#3
But at least Rail has predictable path and protected crossings in many areas	blake2012	Mar 2018	#5
Low-tech "drive-it-yourself" cars are also a kind of free-for-all.	JustABozoOnThisBus	Mar 2018	#22
The reason Uber wants them is for pure greed, IMO.	LisaM	Mar 2018	#8
This	rusty fender	Mar 2018	#9
I don't understand at all why Uber wants autonomous cars	jmowreader	Mar 2018	#25
cars are cheap. People are expensive.	fescuerescue	Mar 2018	#30
'we really need to push high speed rail, light rail lines and more heavy rail Commuter lines'	Blue_Adept	Mar 2018	#10
The point is-we as a society need to build environments allowing for denser lower carbon footprint	blake2012	Mar 2018	#14
Um, why can't buses be driverless?	Johnny2X2X	Mar 2018	#11
But they still have pilots. Sometimes someone needs to make a decision.	LisaM	Mar 2018	#12
Thank you for your first hand accounts	blake2012	Mar 2018	#13
I admit that driving someone door to door with a pie is probably not that important	LisaM	Mar 2018	#16
Reminds my of when I used to live in Sacramento	Glassunion	Mar 2018	#15
The routes that they cut and re-routed in Seattle are affecting the disabled disproportionately.	LisaM	Mar 2018	#17
Driverless buses would be vandalized to uselessness within days.	FarCenter	Mar 2018	#18
I never thought of that. Probably, the cars would be, too.	lindysalsagal	Mar 2018	#20
Would driverless cars reduce traffic?	mythology	Mar 2018	#24
People want to go point to point, not making 2 transfers and having a walk at both ends.	FarCenter	Mar 2018	#19
And this is why we are an overweight and sprawl-affected country	blake2012	Mar 2018	#21
Automonous vehicles could seriously limit road congestion.	NCTraveler	Mar 2018	#23
Driverless vehicles	OhZone	Mar 2018	#26
Yup!	longship	Mar 2018	#29
The automotive industry wants to keep building cars.	Lint Head	Mar 2018	#27
BBQs and parties may become fun again in the near future.	braddy	Mar 2018	#28

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