Chapter 11
Self/assisted driving
Are the days of mum being taxi driver numbered?
The self-driving car is coming. And right now, our best supply of organs come from car accidents … Once we have self-driving cars, we can actually reduce the number of accidents, but the next problem then would be organ replacement.1
Bre Pettis2
What is it?
Back in 2002, when the film Minority Report came out, I thought it would be amazing to have a car like that; but it felt like 2054 was a long time to have to wait for a driverless car. However, I grew up in the 1980s and I am of the Knight Rider generation and, having spent years longing for a ‘KITT’, my childhood had taught me to be patient when it came to predictions of the future.
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