The downside of apps as car keys - In an area without cellphone reception, I was unable to open the car.

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[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think the idea of self driving cars is great, and that they will help a lot of people.

I do have some issues with them though, such as that they remove your personal autonomy and potentially restrict freedom of travel. They can already remotely shut down your car using OnStar, but with a self driving car it could just deliver you to the police station or somewhere else against your will. Also there's the possibility of hacking and vehicular murder, such as what may have happened to Michael Hastings.

My concern is that they'll start to raise the insurance rates on human driven cars, then launch a campaign to shame people who risk other's lives using "dangerous" old automobiles, if not going as far as eventually outlawing them altogether.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I agree manual vehicles will eventually be outlawed. And running from the police will be damn near impossible because they can just remotely shut down your car, for example.