Talk:Nice Peter vs EpicLLOYD 2/@comment-25763997-20170616160619/@comment-24328089-20170617031704

Autonomous cars already exist, they just aren't perfect enough yet. Their commercialization seems inevitable at this point. They'd save lives, save money, likely cause a lowered drinking age, give people free time to relax while traveling, allow you to get places faster (raised speed limits), reduce traffic jams, reduce vehicle theft, lower the cost of auto insurance, and allow disabled people to finally own and operate their own cars.

However, it would certainly cause a whole lot of job loss.

Seeing how quickly phones progressed from "OH MY GOD A CAMERA ON A CELL PHONE????" to what we have now, I would not be surprised if the technology was perfected and commercialized in a few decades. Remember, they don't have to be perfect, they just have to be better than human drivers.

The hovercraft seem pretty nonsensical however. I don't see any benefit of hovering a foot above the ground. Seems more like a thing Sci-Fi has adopted to look cool.