A small comment...I think we're all forgetting that computer can be extremely unreliable, and in the end, it's very rare that human drivers will freeze up, crash, or go beserk, while all of these things are very common with your average, run of the mill computer...I don't think that technology will ever be good enough that we can put the control of huge, potentially fatal machines (cars) completely in the hands of computers, especially at the speeds you're proposing.


> Cars will no longer be piloted by people, but by computers. This will not be the choice of people, of course, but once the technology exists to make it possible, the law will require it. People are so busy using cell phones, laptops, the internet, TV's, making out, eating, and doing all sorts of other things when they should be driving that they won't have time for actually driving, so the task will have to be automated or risk even worse accident statistics than we have today. This will result in a loss of personal control, which I will hate personally because i love driving and everything about it, but it will also result in a much higher rate of travel (100-200mph at times) because without people to muck it up, the computer can pilot the cars perfectly safely at such high speeds.