>>http://ericpetersautos.com/2016/04/27/hard-sell-self-driving-car/
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>>An interesting take and quite insightful imo.
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>Most of that is FUD. He argues against anti-lock brakes and airbags FCOL.

I didn't read that so - it's a good description of how things start, with something benign and actually useful. How much of war enhancements started as prosthetics?

>The one thing I agree is a legitimate concern is remote control of "your" vehicle, whether by law enforcement or hackers or ? Which is deadly serious, make no mistake about that.
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>Otherwise how is a self-driving car different from having a chauffeured one - except that the chauffeur is inhumanly vigilant and alert and possibly more skilled?

In the little detail that there's some chance that the your driver (I don't fall for the advertising gimmick which convinced everyone that it's fancy when it's in french) will do as told, as in "follow that car". The new getaway vehicle will probably turn out to be rollerblades.

>The "hard sell" is a combination of visionaries, and business people leading in the technology who don't want their leads to vanish because of unnecessary government foot-dragging. Most new technology can live or die on its own merits but when government approval is required you can expect business people to push hard.

I think in this case it's gov't backdoor requirement. The getaway car argument is probably the visible one, but general movement control is the ultimate goal. Imagine people trying to get to an anti-government protest. If every car or bus has a remote kill switch, it's a breeze. Add a GPS that you can't turn off and you get full control of movement.

>Once the issue of trust is ironed out, it's going to boil down to economics. If my insurance rates go down and I can get a jump start on work at $X per hour while being chauffeured in, maybe it's worth it. After I get to work it can go back home so my spouse can use it during the day, and I don't have to pay $Y per month to park it downtown. Or dispatch the car to pick up the kid after piano lessons rather than having to drive it myself. If you could have your own chauffeur-driven car, how could it change your life?

Or imagine having public transportation, how about that?