Self-Driving Cars: Politicians Ignore Safety to Protect Jobs

Cars kill more than 100 people per day.

The solution? Self-driving cars. They’re MUCH safer.

But some politicians worry more about jobs than lives.

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Some people say self-driving cars will take taxi drivers’ jobs.

“I cannot support something that is going to almost overnight lead to loss of jobs for … over 100,000 people,” says New York State Senator Luis Sepúlveda.

But job changes aren’t necessarily bad.

Adam Thierer of the R Street Institute explains, “Free markets … allow people to move into other jobs where they’re more highly paid…”

Also, click-chasing news reports claim that self-driving cars aren’t safe.

That’s not true. Data show they’re 10 times safer than human drivers!

If politicians stop self-driving, more people will die.

Full story in my video above.
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