Why most drivers don’t want autonomous cars

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13. I hate cruise control

I've used it only a handful of times, when my foot has gotten numb after hours of highway driving, and then only for a couple of minutes to wiggle my foot out. I just feel like I don't have full control of the vehicle unless my foot is on the gas pedal. And on most even moderately heavy highway traffic, one needs to adjust one's speed quite frequently anyway to keep a safe distance from the car ahead. (Plus, I'm a pretty devoted passer on the highway, so I frequently have to speed up to do so, and I don't like to go from no foot to all foot.)

I can often tell when a driver is on cruise: they're either going slightly faster than the traffic ahead and ending up tailgating dangerously till the last minute, or they're stuck at a few miles below the flow of the traffic and causing backups or long strings of passing.

My husband loves cruise control, but I'm always feeling like I have to backseat drive when he's using it (watch out, you're getting way too close to that car that's going slower than you!). To each his own, I guess. I'm just not a good candidate for a driverless car. I hate driving anyway, and do it less and less each year. Driving in the city, where I live, is hell: between the taxis, the bicyclists, pedestrians, construction, and other crazy drivers, I feel like a nervous wreck usually.