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Originally Posted by aigel

The handicapped argument is moot, most cars that have steering assist or self-driving features such as the Tesla already could be driven with a joystick or similar if programmed accordingly.

Handicapped capable/modified vehicles are still using the same systems as the rest of us, just with a mechanical assist. I'm guessing that they probably amount to a tiny fraction of the vehicles on the road today.

I am not too worried about this. This can be made reliable. This is a good article showing the reasoning and implementation. In a couple decades self driving cars will be the norm, so then nobody will care what steers it anyway.

Yes, they can be made reliable, as previously stated, many planes have been fly by wire for many years. My concern is will they have the appropriate level of redundancy and reliability built in like a plane or with the manufacturers build them "good enough" based on cost?