Driverless debate

READER G. Talbot can’t wait to press the starter of his driverless car, put his feet up, watch TV or snooze, while his vehicle’s computer takes care of safety checks way beyond any driver’s capabilities (Letters).

He’s happy to trust his wellbeing to the renowned infallibility of modern computers. But will he be so happy if one day he’s having a nap on the M6 at 70mph when an alarm goes off and up pops a message on the dashboard that reads: ‘Not responding’?

In the few seconds it takes for him to wake from his slumber and become aware that he needs to do something, his wonder car will have travelled a fifth of a mile.

name supplied, Chessington, Surrey. THINK of the positives of driverless cars: no car insurance companies, no idiots in four-wheel-drives acting as if they are God’s gift, no more arguments in car parks, no more road rage, no speed cameras or coppers in laybys waiting to pounce because you have a bulb out.

And, best of all, being able to go to the pub and get squiffy, knowing you will be driven home by your own car. PAUL CHARLES COOK, Huddersfield, W. yorks.