Guest Post by Eric Peters
If automated cars ever do become technically feasible – and that’s a long way off, despite the trendy imminence we read about every day – it will certainly mean the end of personal vehicle ownership, at least as far as new cars.
Not because the government mandates it.
Because – why bother with it?
Take away being able to control the car and you’ve taken away the individualism of the car. What does it matter whether it’s a BMW – or a Chevy – if they all drive the same automated speed? If you just sit there and text or email or go to sleep? The automated car will go as programmed. You will not drive it.
Therefore, why buy it?
People don’t generally buy taxis. They hail them. Ride in them. Then get out of them. There is no attachment to the taxi. It’s purely an appliance, like a microwave but with fewer meaningful differences.
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