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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 2963380" data-attributes="member: 41321">People do a lot in the car that distracts them.  Cell phones now seem to be the most common, but they were by no means the first distraction.  I've seen people fiddle with their radio, try to pick up something from the floor, put on lipstick, and even try to read the paper or a map.  All of those can cause an accident if something unexpected happens in that one moment of inattention, but cell phones are probably the worst offender because you usually spend several minutes or more on the phone, whereas you'll only spend a few seconds trying to pick your coffee cup off of the floor.I saw a story on the news a few years ago about cars that can drive themselves on the highway.  They had cars that could be two feet away from each other going at 60 MPH that required no interaction from the driver.  They weren't feasable at the time of the article, as it would probably require a separate lane for auto-drive cars (you don't want someone darting out in front of these cars because they aren't as good as a human at dealing with unexpected situations) and they definitely would require some sort of tracking cylinder inserted into the side of the road every 60 feet that they would sense to tell them where to go.  But god I wish we had these today.  Cars that can drive themselves on highways would probably halve the number of accidents.  Computers drive predicably, don't get distracted, and can't get impatient.  And if you want to talk on the darn phone, they don't care.</blockquote>

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