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“Growing Momentum for Self-Driving Cars Worries Safety Advocates” Fair Warning

Growing Momentum for Self-Driving Cars Worries Safety Advocates – See more at: http://www.fairwarning.org/2016/06/self-driving-cars/#sthash.V6EZIQZe.eVIkkjWL.dpuf

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How we will get around in the future was never fully imagined in the past. . .

I was thinking again about how there might be less distracted driving crash deaths if we all drove stick shift cars. So I did some searching on the topic and ran across this lengthy article on driverless cars and the future of transportation:

Will autonomous cars change the role and value of public transportation?

This comment in the article caught my attention and brought up a very valid concern:

“The rise of tech companies effectively making their own rules and then asking the public to accept them puts in question the government’s ability to maintain stability in the industry while ensuring safety and continued access.”