BALTIMORE — Self-driving cars will kill our precious thrill of the open road while hurting large segments of our economy.
When killjoys and bureaucrats get their way, we give up the things that make our lives rich and fun. We're are approaching that now with these pod-like vehicles.
Private companies and federal agencies are working to put millions of driverless cars on America's roads, and there's a good chance those vehicles will eventually comprise the majority of personal vehicles on our roads: Some are predicting fully automated cars could be 10 percent of global vehicle sales yearly by 2035 and that percentage likely will grow.
