Our gradual loss of control as the driver continues...

[Matt T.]

...its going to be like an autopilot, you can use it on the interstates, but for parking lots, and majority of roads the cars will stil require someone controlling the driving,

Good! I would love to zone out on the 30 minute commute and read, work on a model car, something. I like to drive, don't get me wrong. But that slow line of cars into and out of work everyday is a bit mind numbing.

[Brett Barrow]

Good! I would love to zone out on the 30 minute commute and read, work on a model car, something. I like to drive, don't get me wrong. But that slow line of cars into and out of work everyday is a bit mind numbing.

Yep - driving the winding backroads in rural Virgina where I grew up = fun. I would not give that up.

Driving to work where I live now, a straight, flat road with tons of traffic and stop lights = not fun. I would give that up in a heartbeat.

[JTalmage]

I'm only 28, but I feel that the advance in technology in cars is what is making worse drivers... because if a car is going to warn you if someone is in your blind spot, or that you're going to rearend the garbage truck in front of you... to me, thats going to give the driver more reason to text and drive.. because they DONT have to pay attention.

I think real GOOD drivers are the folks grew up driving 2 ton, manual brake, 4 wheel drum, manual steering, stickshift cars. I love driving stick shift even if my sciatic nerve doesnt.

I drove my my dad's '65 Fairlane 500 Sports Coupe... 289 Hi-po, 4 speed, manual steering, manual 4 wheel drum brakes! it's a handful but fun! Redline of about 7,500 RPM.. Quite a bit different than my '93 Mustang GT 5.0, 5spd, with its power steering, 4 wheel power disc brakes, and a redline of about 6,250 RPM lol

I'm not a fan of cars that do everything for you. I'll admit I multitask while driving... and I do text and drive (I'll admit, I do, but driving takes precedence over staring at the screen believe me, plus talk to text is AWESOME) But some people... just cannot do two things at once...

I agree, the spirited backroad driving is some of the greatest... and I too, would never give that up. But, my hour drive to work... I could use the extra hour of sleep while my car takes itself there.

Cars are about driving, to me at least... and I love driving.

Like Reverend Horton Heat said, "It's the journey, not the arrival, that's I'm all about!"

Edited June 5, 2014 by JTalmage

[DynoMight]

If self-driving cars become the only ones on the road, what happens to the 254,212,610(as of 2009) registered vehicles in the US?? Are they traded for money? Like Cash for Clunkers? (speaking of cash for clunkers, I saw a video of a junk yard that had Cash for Clunkers there and there was a late 60s camaro, probably a 68 or 69 and also a 64 Impala... I hope someone saved them...) Or do they just becomes hunks of metal sitting in our driveways...Will the government put us on trial if we don't drive a self driven car? What happens to the classic cars? Would they just stop selling gas to discourage people driving gas cars???? People wouldn't have it....

[Rob Hall]

Wasn't it DARPA that basically invented the internet many years ago? Or what came to be called the internet. It was called "DARPANET," IIRC. Or "ARPANET" or something like that? Basically the first time that multiple computers in separate locations were able to connect with each other using an electronic network.

(See... it wasn't Al Gore after all!)

Yes, the ARPANET...originally connected several university research labs..about 45 years ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpanet