Our Top 5 Objections to Self-Driving Cars

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It all started in 2013, when a Google car drove a blind man around for the day, taking him to Taco Bell and then to the dry cleaners to have his pants cleaned (no word on whether the two were related, but it’s certainly possible). Now, in 2022, the self-driving automobile is no longer just a thing of science fiction fantasies like “I, Robot,” “Minority Report,” and “Richie Rich.” Thanks to the brilliant minds at Google and Tesla, functioning self-driving car are already on the road and they estimate all cars could be self driving by 2030.  But while the notion of a car that will drive you certainly sounds appealing, there are definitely some negatives to consider as well.  Here are the Top 5 Objections to Self-Driving Cars.

5.) They’re One Step Closer to SkyNet

skynet

Skynet

It might sound paranoid, but a car that doesn’t need you to drive it sounds an awful lot like the first step toward a dystopian, Terminator-like future. These super-intelligent vehicles could have the capacity to rule us all someday, so just to be safe, it’s probably best that we stay behind the wheel. Lest we find ourselves slaving away in their oil fields and forced into giving them tune-ups at gunpoint.

4.) You Are Susceptible to Cyber Crime

Cyber Crime

Cyber Crime

Every other computer thing occasionally gets hacked.  Can you imagine you have a huge meeting to present a million dollar deal and your competitor, hacks your car and you miss your meeting.  It’s a near-certainty that self-driving cars will be hacked.  What happens when a cyber hacker ransoms Amazon for your deliveries.

3.) They’ll Remove Accountability

No Accountability

No Accountability

If no one’s driving the cars, how will we know who to blame when they smash into each other? Even in a world of self-driving vehicles, traffic accidents are inevitable, and we’ll need someone to blame for that 40-car pileup on the 405. Insurance companies will want to know who is liable, or else they’ll all refuse to pick up the tab, and what then? Then you’ll be stuck footing the hospital bill when some lady’s idiot Kia didn’t calculate its stopping time correctly and whiplashed you something fierce.

2.) They Could Be Dangerous

Car Accident

Car Accident

You know how sometimes your laptop freezes, or your cell phone drops a call? Those are both prime examples of issues facing computer-based technology. Now, as far as inconveniences are concerned, they’re pretty insignificant, but what if you were riding on your laptop at 75 miles per hour when it just stopped working? Computer technology has made giant advances in recent years, but there’s just no way to be sure that a “network connection issue” won’t propel your self-driving car off a cliff.

1.) They’ll Increase Human Stupidity

Human Stupidity

Human Stupidity

Is more spare time what we really need at this point? Humans are no longer a species that does well with spare time. For the most part, we use that extra time to play “Angry Birds” or create senseless YouTube videos. No one is going to use the extra time in their cars to broaden their horizons. More likely, some guy will create an Internet meme of himself planking on the hood of his self-driving car, and a rash of meme-ing deaths will quickly follow.

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