Driverless Cars

My first question is how much money would it cost to retrofit roads to be able to allow driverless cars. If it’s a fortune, it’s a bad idea. We all know that our GPS systems in our cars don’t always work, so why should we trust driverless cars?

This technology should be restricted until it has been proven.  Trains run on their own tracks and have “right-of-way” rights to add electronic monitoring on these tracks. The first customer for driverless technology should be trains. They crash with great regularity. 

If it is deployed in freight and passenger trains and it works, it should then be deployed in public transit, commuter trains and city buses. That would save a fortune in labor costs.  But how would ensure that ride-fares are paid?

After the technology is proven over a number of years, then it could be allowed to be deployed for other vehicles. I don’t look forward to having driverless 18 wheel trucks zooming by me on the highways.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader