Before Long "They" May Take Away Your Right To Drive
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
With all the things that are going on would it surprise you that
before long the government may take away your right to drive. While this
may sound absurd, please bear with me. For years in my state, a
question that is on every driver's test is, Is driving a right or a
privilege? Of course, the answer is, it is a privilege. If you ask the
Department of
Motor Vehicles (DMV) in your state expect them to agree. Driving isn’t
something just anyone can do. Not
legally anyway. It’s a privilege that’s earned by showing you have the
skills and knowledge to drive safely.
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| Sorry, This Car Only Comes As A Self-driver |
After only a few months of living in a Covid-19 world, it has become clear those in charge can change the rules in a blink of an eye. The idea the world is moving in the direction of removing this so-called privilege started to emerge just a few years ago. Now several trends are rapidly coming together which makes this much more probable, a few are listed below.
* self-driving vehicle technology is rapidly improving
* People are becoming more comfortable with the idea of car sharing
* Many people cannot afford an automobile
* Central banks are rapidly moving into social engineering and fighting climate change
* Several companies have floated the idea of developing fleets of robo-taxis
Just the other day Apple threw its hat into the ring when it announced its intention to move forward with developing self-driving car technology. According to Reuters, Apple is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle. Make no mistake, this has the potential to derail Elon Musk's plan for Tesla to put out a million robotaxis. This places Apple in the position of competing with others with major self-driving projects, including Tesla and Google/Alphabet's Waymo project which stands for a new way forward in mobility.
Adding
to the validity that Apple is serious about moving in this direction,
Reuters also reported Apple's cars
might include sensors and a new "monocell designed battery" that has
been developed internally at Apple. Such a battery could be a
much-needed breakthrough in battery technology. The lack of better
batteries is one of
the biggest problems currently facing the EV industry. A new battery
design that could
"radically" reduce battery cost and increase a vehicle's range. A better
battery has been seen as the holy grail of the EV industry.
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| And It's Gone |
They
could also ban human-operated vehicles from entering certain areas.
Another way to choke off our desire to own and operate a vehicle is to
sever our ability to get fuel or parts by making them either more
expensive or impossible to get. One or all of these tools would
substantially reduce the desire to drive for many people. Remember this
is about those in power being able to assert their power over the
masses. This can be tied to a narrative that it is being done for the
greater good and the claim it will massively reduce climate change by
cutting waste and making society more efficient.
While some of you may have a difficult time imagining a world in which you would be totally dependent on a self-driving vehicle to get around, the writing is already on the wall. Even at the early stage of their development, some carmakers are already suggesting or claiming that self-driving vehicles will reduce accidents to nearly zero and save thousands of lives each year. The problem is many people enjoy driving and the freedom that comes with it. Some of us have absolutely no desire to own a self-driving car.
In the world I have described, only the rich
and powerful would have a car and be granted the privilege to drive
them. For those of you that doubt this could happen or be the goal of
our new masters, I remind you few people would have ever predicted many
of the Orwellian tactics governments across the world have used to
squelch this pandemic that has killed far fewer people than originally
predicted.
Republishing of this article is welcomed with reference to Bruce Wilds/AdvancingTime Blog
3 comments:
It's amazing how many young people today have not read Orwell's "1984".
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While not always on required reading lists most of us had read it in the 1960's. Over the decades I have sadly watched too much of his story line come true. Your car predictions don't sound farfetched at all.I live in Peoria Az. This a desert community on the North West fringe of Phoenix. There is here an approved residential development plan that has no garages or driveways and minimal street parking. If you are one of those who signed up for the new drivers license thinking it was an expedited airline boarding pass, consider this: Here in Arizona, ADOT's technical description is "Travel Permit". You can expect that within a few years the program will be applied to the Federal Highway System.
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It should be noted that when a company with the market cap of Apple and a great deal of money decides to move into the auto industry it can buy all or most of a struggling automaker. This would give them an instant production capacity. This means Apple can rapidly jump into the EV market.
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