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>What a City With Driverless Cars Will Look Like (In 10 Years or Less) - Mish - Global Economic Analysis
Driverless cars are a stupid idea.
Components will fail.
Computer systems could be hacked and the vehicle caused to do whatever.
Whether the systems are foolproof or not, drivers would become complacent and incompetent.

There is if course, no such thing as a foolproof system of any kind for any purpose.
Cars operate at close quarters, unlike an aircraft which always has large separation from conflicting traffic or terrain. There is no way I'd be prepared to travel in anything not subject to properly trained and qualified human oversight.
The underlying presumptions are preposterous.
I have rarely heard a more insane proposition.

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Beginning of the headline :My vision of driverless trucks and taxis within the time frame of six to eight years looks downright feeble to that of Chris Dixon, a partner at prestigious Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz. Not only does Horowitz see things happening faster than I do, he envisions entire cities totally driverless within ten years. Tech Insider reports A top Silicon Valley investor predicts what the world will look like in 10 years, when roads are full of self-driving cars. Within ten years, r... Read More
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