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<blockquote data-quote="questor70" data-source="post: 1179253" data-attributes="member: 12560">I, personally, do not get the knee-jerk fearmongering over &quot;them&quot; taking away personal car ownership.That being said, driving a car is a PRIVILEGE, not a RIGHT.&nbsp; And a great many drivers on the road should have their licenses revoked because they are texting, drunk, sleepy, or are so old that their reaction-time is shot.Autonomous cars may freak some people out but they are not subject to these human frailties.&nbsp; They don't drink, don't get tired and doze off at 3AM, and don't accelerate when they meant to slow down.I should not have to fill this thread of stories of old folks plowing into crowded streetcorners full of pedestrians because they jammed the gas instead of the brake pedal, for instance.&nbsp; That's another goodie that happened in my area not that long ago.Those who are treating car ownership as equivalent to the 2nd amendment are really off-base.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="questor70, post: 1179253, member: 12560"] I, personally, do not get the knee-jerk fearmongering over "them" taking away personal car ownership. That being said, driving a car is a PRIVILEGE, not a RIGHT. And a great many drivers on the road should have their licenses revoked because they are texting, drunk, sleepy, or are so old that their reaction-time is shot. Autonomous cars may freak some people out but they are not subject to these human frailties. They don't drink, don't get tired and doze off at 3AM, and don't accelerate when they meant to slow down. I should not have to fill this thread of stories of old folks plowing into crowded streetcorners full of pedestrians because they jammed the gas instead of the brake pedal, for instance. That's another goodie that happened in my area not that long ago. Those who are treating car ownership as equivalent to the 2nd amendment are really off-base. [/QUOTE]

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