Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
Back in the late 1970s there was a major chain reaction pileup on Interstate 5 near Medford, Oregon. My brother-in-law and his Volkswagen were involved in it. There was a heavy morning fog that descended upon the Rogue Valley rather suddenly and drivers on I-5 failed to adjust their speed accordingly. If I remember correctly there were about 100 cars involved. Accidents like this would become a thing of the past with this new technology. The down side is that if the satellite link was faulty for any reason, the smart car wouldn???t have any way to know where the other cars were beyond its own onboard sensors, so would either come to a complete stop or chug along at only a few feet every minute. With the luxury of machines thinking for you, the old adage becomes true; "The good news is that robots will handle that from now on. But, the bad news is that robots will handle that from now on."
