04-20-2018, 11:44 AM
Car accidents are currently the number one killer of people between the ages of 1 and 37 in the United States. Car accidents, crashes, and collisions cause about 3 million injuries a year, 2 million of which are permanent and crippling injuries per year. 40,000 people die in car accidents every year in the United States alone.
The property damage is in the billions and it has been estimated that the cost of medical care and lost productivity due to auto accident injuries is over 1 TRILLION dollars per year.
Autonomous cars will so much safer that we will be forced to go to them when the technology becomes available. It will start with the interstate highways. The high speeds on those make them the most deadly so they will be 100% autonomous. the automobile is such a huge part of our culture that there will always be roads available for people who want to drive. And it will take a long long time before all rural areas are serviced by roads that are 100% autonomous, but the massive amount of damage done to people and property due to human drivers will demand a move to autonomous transportation.
Driving a car will probably never be illegal, but it will become a toy for the rich kind of like having a boat is now.
The property damage is in the billions and it has been estimated that the cost of medical care and lost productivity due to auto accident injuries is over 1 TRILLION dollars per year.
Autonomous cars will so much safer that we will be forced to go to them when the technology becomes available. It will start with the interstate highways. The high speeds on those make them the most deadly so they will be 100% autonomous. the automobile is such a huge part of our culture that there will always be roads available for people who want to drive. And it will take a long long time before all rural areas are serviced by roads that are 100% autonomous, but the massive amount of damage done to people and property due to human drivers will demand a move to autonomous transportation.
Driving a car will probably never be illegal, but it will become a toy for the rich kind of like having a boat is now.
