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"Augmented driving" sounds great but it reduces the amount of mental acuity necessary to operate the car. This sounds great in low-conflict situations where little acuity is necessary in the first instance, for example, cruising on a highway at 70mph.

Use it or lose it. You can bet actually real world driving skills will be on the decline after this introduction. Imagine generations unable to drive at all. Nice little control advantage for sick A-holes if you can prevent the population from relocating at will. "Sorry but that destination is no longer authorized."

You can also bet it will further depress wages in this country for truck drivers. The 'safety' thing in this case is simply a partial subterfuge to allow foreign drivers to take over our trucking industry in my opinion. Remember the Chinese sea disasters?

If they want such a freight system they need a separate highway system - not one shared by the public at large. Nothing like ~60,000# plus coming down the highway on top of you for a single cargo vehicle.

Now imagine how easy this commercial vehicle could become a terrorist target either by actions on the road or through control of its software! Safe my ass.

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