# Self driving cars are still decades away

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 10, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-are-still-decades-away/798499 "2017-10-10T17:38:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-are-still-decades-away/798499/1048 "2023-03-01T18:54:15Z")

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[computer voice]

I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that. I have the greatest enthusiasm for this Mission: to drop you off at the police station then return to the Mothership at Bob Smith Ford on Main St.
[/computer voice]

See also:

> [@Miss a car payment? Your autonomous car will repossess itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-a-car-payment-your-autonomous-car-will-repossess-itself/980552):
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> In the future: I don’t understand why anyone would voluntarily purchase a car with this “feature.” Seems like the marketplace should be able to sort itself out on that. On the other hand, imagine the secondary market for tech specialists who know how to reflash the car’s firmware to disable this stuff.

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