[reaperducer]

> It would save lives, time, and money for everyone

I'll give you "lives" and "money," but not necessarily time.

I live in a place where self-driving vehicles can be spotted fairly regularly. Once a week or so. You can tell by the special license plates. They are always very ponderous, careful drivers. It's fascinating to see them gently slow to a stop for a red light, then take off like a jackrabbit when it turns green.

Perhaps as the technology matures, they'll start to keep pace with traffic better.

I'm actually looking forward to self-driving cars. It's all the personal time benefits of mass transit (book reading, meditating, general mental health), without worrying about accidentally sitting in someone else's pee.

[cortesoft]

I am pretty sure that is because they have to account for all the non-self-driving cars. If all cars were self driving, they could co-ordinate and go a lot faster.

[ksenzee]

They'll still have to allow for pedestrians and bikes, for the foreseeable future.

[zerokernel]

We'll just outlaw that. Compare: Jaywalking, avenues.

[killjoywashere]

"Machine kills human because human violated traffic law" will never fly.

[jackvalentine]

I think it will. The above poster's reference to how 'jaywalking' became a crime after motor vehicles associations conducted heavy PR campaigns to banish pedestrians from what once were shared streets is instructive.

[kalleboo]

From stories I've heard of how joggers and cyclists are treated sometimes in the US, I wouldn't be so sure.

It would have to be a child being killed.