Tyler Cowen wonders:
[I]t is an interesting question why there is no popular movement to encourage driverless cars. Commuting costs are very high and borne by many people. (Here is Annie Lowery on just how bad commutes can be.) You can get people to hate plastic bags, or worry about a birth certificate, but they won’t send a “pro-driverless car” postcard to their representatives. The political movement has many potential beneficiaries but few natural constituencies. (Why? Does it fail to connect to an us vs. them struggle?) This is an underrated source of bias in political outcomes.
Cowen advocates for driverless cars here. I suspect that the lobby doesn't exist because the idea of driverless cars gives a lot of people, including yours truly, a case of the tremors.
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