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Comment Re:You no longer own a car (Score 1) 649

That was incentivization, not restrictive action. It's one thing to help someone replace an old car and another to disallow them for daily use... not seeing it coming may indicate a lack of foresight. Once that happens off lease and certified used cars with warranties will be gold...

I would also not be surprised to see a stratification of drivers licensees with known, long term non-aggressive drivers allowed in traffic with autonomous cabs and buses while those who like to use their vehicle's potential to it's fullest or use driving for emotional expression may be limited as to where we can drive.
[Disclaimer: I may be in the latter group at times]

Obviously at that point shade tree mechanics (no matter how fancy a tree they have) and hotrodders will be out of the question.

Comment Re:You no longer own a car (Score 4, Interesting) 649

Sales is all they understand. Now they would like to force you to use them for service. Next it will be "Remove all cars more than X years old because of pollution ( I know, you think a car manufacturer would not touch that topic, but they will) and safety issues. The only thing you can do is convert an old car to electric (and they will scream about safety for that too) and not buy a car under the new terms.

From a legislative point of view, an automobile conveys more personal freedom than anything other than weapons. Therefor it will be constrained, (you can only drive this or that type of vehicle) then limited (i. e. mass transit or autonomous-cabs for the masses), then restricted (as in "Hey you middle class,go huddle with the masses") until only the elite have actual freedom of movement.

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