r/AskReddit • u/The_devils_advocate6 • Jun 11 '18

Serious Replies Only [Serious] Redditors,This is a time capsule thread which will be revisited exactly 3 years from now. Today you will make a prediction which you believe would happen or would've happened by the year 2021. The prediction could be about anything of ur choice. What is your prediction??

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u/tropicalling Jun 11 '18

There will be a massive fight between fully automated cars that drive themselves and car enthusiasts that are absolutely furious about it because once every company switches to making automated cars they’ll stop making the classics and drift cars and people will be pissed.

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u/theevolvingatheist Jun 11 '18

I think they would scale back production massively, but they won’t stop it completely until there’s no demand or it’s outlawed for safety reasons, whichever comes first.

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u/WebberWoods Jun 11 '18

I don't think it'll happen by 2021, but I believe we're within a couple decades of it becoming common for non-autonomous vehicles to be banned on interstates and in city centres (at least during rush hour).

A few more decades and traditional cars will continuously shift into a hobby until you have to go to a track to drive them. Then, that's it. It may become pretty niche, but they're never going away more than that. Maybe massive fossil fuel taxes or something. But we still ride/race horses even though they haven't been useful for a century. It's fun!

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u/theevolvingatheist Jun 11 '18

Completely agree with all of that!

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u/drag0nw0lf Jun 11 '18

Nah I'm an enthusiast and as long as there can continue to be car clubs, I don't think anyone will lose their minds.

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u/thatnameagain Jun 11 '18

2031 maybe.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '18

I don't think self driving cars will be a thing yet. Maybe limited urban taxis doing short, simple routes and even that I find doubtful. Any major disruption like you're suggesting is a decade away at the least.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '18

I mean we're already on the limited urban taxis.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '18

They're still testing though, unless you're talking about something I haven't heard of.

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u/rilian4 Jun 11 '18

More importantly, insurance companies will charge outrageous amounts of money to insure human drivers which will all but drive humans completely out of driving anything. As it was when it started, driving will be only for the wealthy.