On Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 9:30:39 AM UTC-10, Casa de Masa wrote:
> On 8/26/2017 2:06 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 12:08:48 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> >> On Friday, August 25, 2017 at 1:59:25 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>>
> >>> There are many accidents today cause by people falling asleep or being
> >>> distracted. Things like lane change alerts and lane assist can prevent
> >>> some of them. What worries more more is people on drugs and people usi
> >>> g cell phones.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> What scares me most when on the road are the knuckleheads on their
> >> cell phones. They terrify me more than inebriated drivers. They're
> >> just as bad inside a store with not paying attention but I haven't
> >> heard of anyone yet being killed by a shopping cart.
> >
> > What I see frequently is a car waiting at a stop light just not moving when the other cars have gone. That happens all the time - it's funny. We always say "texting!"
> >
>
> "Caught between the longing for love
> And the struggle for the legal tender
> Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
> And the junk man pounds his fender
> Where the veterans dream of the fight
> Fast asleep at the traffic light..."
>
> - Jackson Browne
>
>
> ....times have changed...

The trouble with driving a car is that it takes valuable time away from doing what people really would rather do - texting and watching movies on their phones. Self-driving cars will free men from this mundane chore and allow them to reach their full potential.