[cryptoz]

The only way forward to a sane future is to ban all humans driving all cars. Increase funding and scale of self-driving car efforts to get them on the road as quickly (and safely) as possible, then ban all the humans. I can see no other reasonable end to this insanity. 30,000 to 40,000 Americans die every year in car accidents that are pretty much all human error. Ban the human drivers.

[MRSallee]

I like driving / motorcycle riding too much to agree with this, but it really is ridiculous that some people are afraid of computers driving on public roads. When I see a Google self-driving car on the road, I am relieved.

[Evbn]

The Google cars aren't really so powerful yet. They defer to humans in anything but perfect highway conditions or a completely closed area with other cars banned. Without an accurate map, they can't drive. I think they don't even change lanes independently.

[Cushman]

> They defer to humans in anything but perfect highway conditions

What do you mean by this? The Google car can negotiate stop signs properly, for example. It's limited to good conditions in a lot of ways, but it's no train.