Driving can be fun and pleasurable.
But it’s not much fun driving along congested roads (such as the A13 at the moment) , or being involved in an accident.
We will have more and more cars on our roads in the future – is the answer to have driverless cars? They would very probably reduce congestion and improve safety.Google are working on the idea….
You don’t believe it? Watch these:
The unintended consequences of driverless cars:
“Currently, a car spends 96% of its time idle. Compare that with planes which spend almost their entire lifetime in operation/airborne. Idle planes aren’t making money, and they need to recoup their hefty $120M price tag. There is an unforgiving economic incentive to make sure it is always in use.
The proliferation of driverless cars will have a similar effect. Cars will spend less time idle: why would a household buy 2 (or even 3) cars, when they only need 1? Ride to work, then send the car home to your spouse. Need to go grocery shopping, but your kid also needs a ride to a soccer game? No problem, a driverless car can handle that.”
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/TpN1g1oSVbN#103583939320326217147/posts/TpN1g1oSVbN
Looking at some of the driving around here I think we have already got them…