Driverless cars & trains

[nachoman]

There will be a driverless shuttle train around our airport soon. I am sure there are already plenty of driverless monorails and light rail trains in those applications.
Driverless cars? Maybe when you are on the interstate in the country and you just want to put it on auto pilot and eat a hamburger. Then again, you can't trust people to know when the appropriate time is to use it, just as most people can't seem to figure out their high-beams. I don't see any safety advantages to driverless cars. Then again, if you want to go somewhere and don't want to drive - just take a taxi or a bus or a train. Of course, when they invent the transporter (Star trek) much of the way we think about life will be obsolete!