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From: Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Talking Technical with Young People
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 21:41:19 -0500
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On 1/6/2025 10:36 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> Cryptoengineer  <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Manually driving a car will become a rare skill, and insurance
>> policies will either carry expensive riders, or simply not cover
>> it.
> 
> Perhaps for a while, but after a decade or so manually-driven cars will
> be theftproof because the kids stealing cars won't know how to drive.
> This will have the effect of reducing insurance costs on some vehicles in
> some locations.

You have a point on theft, but I was thinking more of liability - if
self-driving cars have far fewer accidents than manually driven ones,
the insurance companies will charge an arm and a leg if you insist
on taking control yourself.

pt