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Originally Posted by AFireInside
My brother, sister in law, nephew, her parents and dozens of friends had to drive 1 year ago in Fort McMurray. My Brother had to take his vehicle off road to get out. Not at 100 kph obviously.
Sorry I didn't realize this technology only applied to Calgary.. I can acknowledge the pros of the concept but it seems you can't acknowledge potential cons. You're right though we should all share cars controlled by big corporations and governments because nothing can ever go wrong. As long as I can check out Facebook on my way to work.
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As much as I feel sympathetic for the people who lost their homes and had to flee the city, you are literally taking a once in century natural disaster and using it to set technological policies and how we advance as a society.
How many thousands of people die every month because of driving accidents strictly due to human error? How many millions have died or lost family members? How many families have been destroyed by drunk drivers? How many kids lost their parents due to driving accidents and ended up in foster homes? If you want to use emergencies or even fatalities to prove your point, you are literally arguing in favor of self driving cars. Out of all the positives behind self driving cars, none is as big as the reduction in driving accidents and ultimately the hundreds of thousands of unnecessary driving fatalities suffered every year.
To me you can go kicking and screaming into this brave new world or you can embrace it and save yourself the headache. Either way it is coming.