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Originally Posted by Cd
In the near future, the rich will be the first ones buying the automated vehicles that swerve and brake in milliseconds - much faster than a human could ever do.
It's the poor that will be dying in car accidents.
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This is partially true. However, there is a trickle-down benefit in that the rich drivers will cause less accidents due to the automated safety features. Often times it is the poor who are at greater risk as pedestrians, but pedestrian avoidance systems will reduce the incidence of these collisions.
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Originally Posted by freebeard
While on the one hand I'd like to be chauffeured around by a fembot android; on the other, I'd like to oversteer through corners on gravel roads on my own.
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Automated systems would switch off on those gravel roads since they can't see the road markings. You'll still have to know how to disable the traction control systems, which are already stealing enjoyment of gravel roads (and probably saving some lives).