Can anyone tell me why "driverless cars" will not be the most important issue in 2016 election

[Savannahmann]

100. This is going to be "The Issue" in your mind?

Economic issues? Not so much in this scenario. Sure more than 90 million people are unemployed and the economic experts say this has become the "new normal" but that's no biggie, because the issue is going to be whether or not a car a vast majority of people can't afford can drive without human input.

Privacy won't be an issue, by 2016 everyone is going to be used to the idea that the NSA must listen and read everything in order to protect us from ISIS/IS/Islamic State or something. Besides, GM will be a bare year away from deploying the Driverless car, and won't that be awesome?

Legalization of Marijuana won't be an issue but that's fine, because GM will be a year from putting driverless cars in the showroom.

Militarization of the Police will be accepted by the population after they realize that GM is going to put Driverless cars on the road.

Oh I admit it could be a bit of an issue. I mean, who is to blame if the computer screws up and drives over a Nun escorting an orphan through a crosswalk? Will the dolt on the iPhone 6 Plus who is reading Facebook the one responsible? Or will it be the Boffin who screwed up a line of code that is held responsible?

When people are gnashing their teeth around here next January as the Rethugs take control of the senate, just remind them that the Rethugs are probably on the wrong side of the Driverless Cadillac issue and that is certain to hurt them in 2016. Or something.

When we are weeping as Chief Justice John Roberts is swearing in Rand Paul as the next President, remind everyone how Rand Paul was on the wrong side of the Driverless Cadillac issue, and how that will certainly affect his popularity. Or perhaps he'll be the one on the "right" side of the Driverless Cadillac issue, perhaps he could be carried to the inauguration in a heavily modified pre-production model.