re: U.S. consumers buck investors' rush to self-driving cars : study

quote:

---

The cons that I can think of is just people unwilling to let go of driving and people not trusting in the technology.

---

I just don't understand how it is feasible unless EVERYONE adopts it, and even then, I cannot see the public giving up any manual driving capabilities.

I have an almost 2 year old car that has accident avoidance and a "smart" cruise setting - they both basically keep your car on the road and you just need to steer and stop at red lights. However, both of those functions are incredibly risk averse, to the point of being inconvenient sometimes. The vehicle basically panics like a kid in driver's ed when another vehicle gets close.

If the tech cannot get fast enough to adjust for other vehicles/objects that are not "on the grid" so to speak, then you're going to have to force everyone on the grid. I just do not see people giving up complete control of their vehicles in case of emergency and other situations where manual override would be necessary.

In my lifetime about the most I expect is an automated HOV lane of sorts on interstates.