the future is now my friends.  from a consumer standpoint this type of automation will be wonderful on the other side of the token this is going to very rapidly cause a large amount of people to lose their employment. I hope there is some way to balance this new technology.

I think that despite all the pros of the autonomous vehicles there are also some major drawbacks. First of all, lots of lorry drivers, taxi drivers etc. will lose their jobs, which may lead to unknown consequencies. Second, no system is absolutely secure - that means that autonomous vehicles can be hacked and used for terroristic purposes, for example. And the last, there is some joy in driving a car which will be gone with the autonomous vehicles (that makes me personally sad).

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Definitely some things to think about! With a reduction in human error I definitely think these cars will make our roads safer (as long as there aren't software bugs, or other factors like hackers). These cars could truly change our lives, as like you said, we have a lot more time. If we need to we can even sleep while our car drives itself!

Interesting take - they will certainly change a lot of things, not absolute mind you, I still think we are a long way away from no one owning a car, but certainly heading tward lower car ownership, less physical retail.  Oh and I wouldn't be investing in any car insurance companies anytime soon.

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just think about it.

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Thoughtful post, and quite interesting.  I think you might be dramatically missing some points, however.  Consider Digital Nomads.  Estimates I have seen indicate that there will be as many as 1 Billion such independent travelers by 2035.

With autonomous vehicle technology, consider what benefits would inure to this demographic from having RVs.  Long haul travels, satellite internet, and RV parks.

I don't see car ownership being extraordinarily reduced, even for non-nomadic people, as long as kids need a place to get laid, smokers can't use public transportation, and various cargoes cannot be transported via commercial lines.  

Neither do I see cops being reduced, given the political landscape that seems to be emerging, not only in the USA and EU, but globally.  Police states are on the rise, and new excuses to police autonomous transport are going to arise.

I expect there will be pushback, but cops are gonna surveill us, and it is a given that outfits like the NSA will be able to do so using our vehicles as the surveillance device - unless there is some move to preclude it, which I have seen no sign of from any vehicle manufacturers.

Onstar, GM's innovative surveillance product, has long been used by police to both surveill and compromise vehicles of interest.  Just as your cell phone can now be used to track you, listen to you, and see what ever the camera is behind, even when the phone is ostensibly off, so will vehicles equipped with wifi, cameras, and mics.

There will be dramatic changes, but mostly 'meet the new boss, same as the old boss.'  If we really want to reduce the impact of surveillance and police state forces to more intensively control us, we're going to have to institute radical changes in how this technology is developed.

Given our divided and conquered state at present, I don't see it happening.

Well i do love new technologies but i don't see an immediate effect  and wide spread of this autonom driving in the next 20 or 30 years not only because the investments needed to support this are enormous but also because many ppl including myself i don't feel  and i don't see the necessity of leaving some bites act for my safety and reduce or eliminate my joy to drive a car.

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