08-30-2016, 05:03 AM
(08-30-2016, 02:52 AM)LongRanger_imp Wrote: Rather than self-driving cars, my approach would be different (and very unlikely): Require all cars to be sold with manual-shift transmissions. Abolish automatics. I can't imagine trying to drive a stick while texting, although I'm sure somebody would be able to figure it out.
Driving a manual and fooling with a phone are easy. You're rarely shifting on a highway.
Driverless automobiles is really the only salvation. I just read today that auto collisions (I hate to call them accidents) are way up in the most recently reported period.