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Originally Posted by Rick Brooklyn
Besides, there is a realistic scenario where self driving cars, electric or otherwise, lead to prohibitive insurance costs and increasingly less roadways left available for drivers, with the endgame of driver cars being regulated away and only being allowed on private property, much like horses today. Would become a hobby for the rich and the extravagant. If electric cars do become prevalent, that'll make it even worse, faster. That's not an outlandish tin foil hat fantasy, I'd say it's the relatively more likely scenario really.
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I actually read a curious article recently that said sort of the opposite. That driverless cars would be so safe (time will tell...), insurance companies are seriously concerned that their premiums collected will plummet and that they'll have to find new sources of revenue (I won't cry if that happens unless they skyrocket the premiums for the remaining cars with actual drivers).