"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Opinicus" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:14:18 -0000, "Ophelia" >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>That raises interesting questions (or would do if it happened here).
>> >>Is a driverless car obliged to stop if asked to do so by a police
>> >>officer in uniform; and, who can be prosecuted if it doesn't?"
>> >
>> > The interesting questions that driverless cars raise are legion. For
>> > example imagine, in order to take evasive action in an emergency, a
>> > driverless car has to choose between plowing into a lampost, an
>> > oncoming car, a store front, a little old lady crossing the street,
>> > two minority group kids standing by the curb, one non-minority group
>> > kid standing by the curb, etc etc etc. Which does it go for? Or does
>> > it just stop dead in its tracks and get crushed by the out-of-control
>> > dump track immediately behind it?
>> >
>> > Driverless cars are Stupid Technology.
>>
>> I think so, but then it is not something I would ever buy or use. I like
>> to
>> be in complete control when I am driving!
>
> It's like the newest release of Windows. Wait until the bugs are
> worked out before upgrading.

Amen to that but I still would never buy a driverless car. I could never
trust it.

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