What will be the long term impact of driverless cars?

" So you are suggesting that if there is a bigger problem than something then that something must not be a problem? Is that what passes for logic in your universe?"

Of course not. And says the guy who introduced the strawman argument against it flopping?

""Here it says 33804 in the US, where they drive alot"

That's nice. Just so you will know, the US and the World are two different things."

So maybe all those accidents are in countries where drivers aren't well trained and roads are more dangerous and less well maintained. Will driverless fix less maintained roads? How's that for logic?

Wikipedia is not a reputable source, BTW.

Exactly. Chaos on the roads in a few countries with very unsafe cars too. They need safer cars and laws in those countries. You don't need driverless to solve this problem.

Compare apples to apples.

Who is to say the accident rate would go below 33804 in the US if the US went driverless? Does the US need driverless? The proof is not there.

This ^ makes zero sense.

Care to try again?

So, if driverless cars will not prevent all traffic fatalities then you might as well prevent none of them, huh?

Again, is that what passes for logic in your universe?

All of the statistics are directly from WHO (but of course you knew that since you bothered to read it). So, I guess you are saying that WHO's analysis suddenly becomes unreliable when it gets quoted in Wikipedia?

Seriously, do you have any ability to think? Any at all?

You quoted WIKIPEDIA. You didn't mention the actual source. Now you did. Lazy.

Bottom line is accidents can be reduced more cost effectively in these OTHER countries with other measures. Driverless may not reduce accidents to ZERO in countries that already have good safe cars and laws.

"Seriously, do you have any ability to think? Any at all?"

Huh? Done with "debating" you. That's your argument? The personal attack?

Others reading this will know who has the rational argument.

Passenger-less cars.

I see cars of the future not being owned privately. No insurance involved. You lease your vehicle, but never to own it outright eventually. A company or government owns the car. They are responsible for it's actions or failures because you will actually not have any way to drive them even if you wanted to. You can only instruct them where to go.

Basically, you're being transported in the stomach of a robot.

I can't wait. I haven't got much satisfaction from driving in a long time.

Driverless semi/tractor/trailer trucks. Right now Interstate drivers are only supposed to drive 11 hours per day. Imagine the truck that drives itself and never stops, except for fuel. No driver to pay. Delivery in half the time. Maybe USPS could turn a profit!

In ten years, your sky will be filled with drones.

For freight, local delivery, and personal transportation .

Self driving cars will be mandatory on US roads.

And the mens marathon record will stand at 1:58:32 having been run on a 5 mile tartan track in Japan.

whoever said it's a solution to a problem that doesn't exit is a fool.

Most people HATE driving and if they could afford it would gladly hand the task over to someone else.

I like the idea of climbing into my car, setting it for a beach or mountain destination, then waking up and I'm there. Also I can sit in the car and booze it up w/o issue.

* Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang predicts driverless trucks will lead to suicides and violence. * Yang said he thinks there’s a good chance that truck drivers will “park their trucks across the highway” and “get their guns out” to demand their jobs back. * Yang said he expects automated trucks to start taking shifts away from drivers within six to 10 years.

Yang said he expects automated trucks to start taking shifts away from human drivers within six to 10 years. He cited his dark predictions as reason to support universal basic income, which is a major plank of his 2020 campaign.

#LearnToCode, anyone?

There have already been driverless cars. Didn't work out so well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNSDAaeIh7U

At least the cars will fix themselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oezKQEF0deY

What strain are you inhaling?