Are Tech & Automakers not considering there may be a backlash to self driving cars

Era 2 is where the major shifts will take place in terms of ownership and responsibility and how the job market is affected.

This MAY be what the future will like in 2050....you wake up, get dressed and go to work or whatever appointments you have. When you step out the house, a car is waiting for you having pulled in front of your house at the requested time. You get in and the computer in the car syncs up with your smart phone and all the features in the car adjusts to your personal settings. radio stations, seat levels, heat or cooling, etc.

The car gets you to your destination and you get out, go to your job or appointment and when your done you set up another pick up on your phone and as you walk to the curb another car pulls up, you get in and go to wherever you want without saying a word. And the process repeats over again.


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If you noticed there is no steering wheel in the thing. You're ONLY interface with the car is through a touchscreen. You can't operate the vehicle. If that's the case then this opens up a whole bunch of questions for the users/consumers...

IF I DON'T/CAN'T OWN THE VEHICLE THEN:

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS? If I'm not operating the car then I refuse to assume any responsibility.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR UPKEEP? If I'm just a passenger in the thing then how am I responsible for the upkeep...I don't have that responsibility with a cab or bus and I'm just a passenger in those vehicles too.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INSURANCE? Again as a passive passenger I don't pay insurance for using a cab or bus so why should I for a self driving car I can't own?

And there are a myriad of other issues that branch off from those that remain to be dealt with. But there is also a very basic backlash that I don't think car manufacturers have thought about or anticipated.

http://madconceptz.blogspot.com/2016/07/are-tech-and-automakers-not-considering.html

 

Good point.

 

Exactly. Good point

 

they say that NOW...

 

Houston.....we have a problem

 

Very interesting, I read an article in my local paper, about self driving cars making decisions in accidents, where they work to keep the fewest people from getting hurt in the case of an accident.

The issue came up is when a self driving car may hit a bunch of people, or swerving and the possibility of killing the passenger inside the car to spare the group of people, and if people would be willing to give up control to work for the greater good, as the article said overall the majority of accidents are caused by human error and self driving cars would greatly reduce accidents.

This sort of thing I think may slow the development of self driving cars or auto makers will have to rethink some things, as it is of course human nature to want to preserve one's own life, and not have the car decide that.