The rising popularity of self-driving cars has caused many to question just how safe these vehicles are. These concerns were highlighted when one woman posted a video of her dancing in her self-driving Tesla with no hands on the steering wheel. On Sept. 25, San Francisco resident Vanessa Lim (@vanesssalim) posted a video of herself dancing in a Tesla, with text overlay that says, when you can have solo dance parties bc your car drives itself.
What am I talking about? Let's start with the basics: The first day of school is the first day of the worst part of the year for those of us who get around on foot or on a bike. It is the day when tens of thousands of car drivers return to the streets from whatever vacation home to which they had decamped. It is the day when roads congest, when calm evaporates, when drivers wound.