We've been working on image recognition technology for almost 60 years now. We still haven't got it right.

And yet subway trains still happen to fall off the tracks and cause injuries and deaths.

Usually someone who rear-ends a car (a tailgater) is at fault for such a collision, at least from the insurance company's perspective.

Well, they say the law is blind, too.

Unfortunately, Chief Justice Marshall disagreed with you. Traffic falls under commerce just as much as trade. Take it up with SCOTUS if you have an issue.

Since you don't have anything to support your claims, and SCOTUS ruled that traffic is regulate-able commerce over 200 years ago, there's nothing left to rebut here.

Unfortunately "it freaks me out" is the same reason that someone could argue that a driver's license is required for a self-driving car. And that is still poor justification for both arguments. Our laws should be driven by facts, not fear.

No, certainly not. The 10th amendment deals with that. But to protect something so vehemently, you usually need a bigger piece of collateral than the 10th amendment.

States have the right to regulate commerce within their state, and Congress the right to regulate interstate commerce. Driving a vehicle falls well within the regulatory bounds of commerce, and can easily be argued within the government's domain of regulation, and not a unilateral right of the citizen.

So, I'll ask again. Do you have anything that supports your claims?

Pretty sure I got in before the mod did. I'd happily do the modding if I had the points for it.

More than likely, the self-driving car would stop for the pedestrian in the crosswalk as well as the floating, plastic bag tossed around by the wind.

Got support for those grandiose statements to begin with? I wasn't able to find "driving a car" in my copy of the bill of rights.

Funny, I find the opposite. I'm most alert when I'm driving in the city, with plenty of action around me. I may not like it as much, but it keeps me alert.

I have trouble staying focused (and awake) on long trips of over an hour outside of city limits. Driving the 2+ hours between my college town and parents' house when I was at school was awful. Driving the 8 hours from home to my relatives' house in the next state is murder.

Judging the recent trend in Microsoft products, it'll be a subscription service costing you $5000 per year to own and operate the self-driving car.

And Anonymous Cowards posting drivel in Slashdot comments.

When the automobile debuted, the UK passed the infamous Locomotive Acts (otherwise known as the Red Flag Law), requiring someone to walk in front of a "horseless carriage" waving a red flag.

Requiring a license for a self-driving car is the modern red flag to avoid spooking the lawyers.

I trust a computer malfunction more than I trust a human malfunction. A computer can't get into the car drunk or high. It doesn't feel 'under the weather' or tired. It's not affected by the weaving motorist in the next lane, or the tailgater that raises your anxiety levels.

Can it malfunction? Sure. Can it get a virus? Oh yes, and there will be vectors for attack, just like every other computer.

But the actual, statistical probability that you will experience any of these problems? Far, far less than your current danger on the roads.