Google’s bus crash is changing the conversation around self-driving cars

[davidthegnome]

13. Not sure if I accurately understand your point.

Are you suggesting that we need more, rather than less human involvement with our vehicles? I mean - that we should be driving cars ourselves rather than allowing technology to do so for us?

Also, in regards to the resource suck:

"A recent report by the Intelligent Transportation Society of America projects that so-called intelligent transportation systems (ITS) could achieve a 2 to 4 percent reduction in oil consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions each year over the next 10 years as these technologies percolate into the market."

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/self-driving-cars-could-cut-greenhouse-gas-pollution/


No offense or disrespect intended - but this technology is there to be used. If it can make life easier, better, more comfortable and so on - in addition to possibly significantly reducing oil consumption and related greenhouse gas emissions... why not take full advantage of it?

I understand that lots of people don't trust the self driving cars for various reasons, but the technology itself is, I think, pretty incredible. There is great potential here to do good things not just for the human race, but for the planet as well.