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17. Anyone who thinks that their 11-year old son will not need to get a drivers license is delusional.

Wed Mar 16, 2016, 12:16 AM

Mar 2016

How, for example, is a driverless car going to decipher the wild gesticulations of the traffic cop outside my kids' school?

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Google’s bus crash is changing the conversation around self-driving cars [View all] bananas Mar 2016 OP

Wow -- a minor fender-bender causes this overreaction nichomachus Mar 2016 #1

It's not an overreaction, it's reality catching up to the hype. nt bananas Mar 2016 #2

Still far far far fewer at fault accidents per mile than human drivers whatthehey Mar 2016 #22

Prediction: sofa king Mar 2016 #4

From my understanding... davidthegnome Mar 2016 #3

Facts will never overcome the pearl clutching nt nichomachus Mar 2016 #6

My mistake, I think. davidthegnome Mar 2016 #12

What data so you have that shows them AT FAULT more than human drivers? whatthehey Mar 2016 #23

None. davidthegnome Mar 2016 #24

These vehicles do nothing to bring life back to a human scale. HuckleB Mar 2016 #5

Not sure if I accurately understand your point. davidthegnome Mar 2016 #13

If we chose to create lives that need lengthy daily commutes... HuckleB Mar 2016 #16

People aremoving to huge metro centers because that's hedgehog Mar 2016 #21

Another of Google's noble and useful contributions chapdrum Mar 2016 #7

And how is this surprising? DCBob Mar 2016 #8

Autonomous vehicles will be available sooner, rather than later. Paladin Mar 2016 #10

Engineering hype houston16revival Mar 2016 #11

Your digital watch has more computing power than the Apollo computer. rickford66 Mar 2016 #14

Uhm, that came true, several times since then... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #15

Also, Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Chan790 Mar 2016 #26

So many possibilities, thinking about making my nephew a retrogame console... Humanist_Activist Mar 2016 #28

Subtle sarcasm? PersonNumber503602 Mar 2016 #19

I wouldn't so quickly dismiss the possibility. ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #18

I tested a Tesla with autopilot last week 47of74 Mar 2016 #20