People can object to self-driving vehicles for many reasons, but once they are prevalent accidents, damage, injuries and deaths due to impaired driving will drop tremendously. Around 15,000 drunk driving deaths occur in North America each year. How is this still condoned? As soon as it is proven to be much safer than human drivers, insurance companies will practically require all vehicles to use self driving software. And the companies that developed it can license the technology to other car manufacturers. And one day the cost to ride in a self driving robotaxi could be so low (maybe 50 cents per km?) that the decision to hop in one versus driving your own vehicle (especially if the possibility that alcohol might be consumed during that outing) clearly favours the robotaxi.
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