Apolital elections in 2018/2020 will usher in a totally new field of candidates.

[CK_John]

These candidates will have no connection to political parties but to insurance corp, liability lawyers, software corp, and transportation specialist, and car/truck manufactures.

I assumed you figured it out, autonomous or semi-autonomus vehicles.

Every law on the books pertaining to autos and insurance will need to be replaced both at the state and federal level.

This will bring in a whole new source of money, lobbyist and the buying and selling of legislatures.

[Egnever]

1. Maybe

Not the worst prediction I have ever seen. There will definitely be big battles over autonomous cars.

[CK_John]

2. It's a shame it is also census years to reapportion the House.

[dofus]

3. What are you basing this prediction on?

Do you think the autonomous vehicles will be the single thing anyone cares about two or four years from now? Or even the main thing? Yes, they will be in the public consciousness, but won't rise to anything resembling that level of importance.

Further, are you predicting that there will be a huge number of completely unaffiliated candidates, connected to no political party? And that most of them will be savvy enough to figure out just how, in their jurisdiction, they'll get on the ballot?

Political parties will still dominate, of that I'm certain. It's slightly possible that the Republican party will be greatly reduced in importance, maybe even fade to irrelevance, and that either a completely new one will replace it, or that the Green or Libertarian Party will step into the void.

But lots of new candidates with no affiliation at all? I doubt it. All those you've mentioned will happily work with current parties.

[CK_John]

5. Michigan have started with a blanket proposed law.

Michigan moves to lead driverless car testing
Melissa Burden, Michael Wayland and Michael Martinez, The Detroit News 10:40 p.m. EDT May 25, 2016

Sweeping legislation was introduced Wednesday in the state Senate that aims to make Michigan the nation’s leader in autonomous vehicle testing by allowing manufacturers to produce and sell self-driving cars here and clearing the way for their use on state roadways.

Read More:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2016/05/25/bills-aimed-make-michigan-leader-autonomous-cars/84937046/

[Egnever]

11. Wow

Things are going to start moving very quickly. Much more quickly than I thought it appears.

Smart of Michigan. That will attract a huge amount of investment dollars assuming they are first and remain so for a reasonable period.

[FSogol]

4. Too mild of a prediction. I predict that the entire US Capitol building

will be converted into a giant driver-less vehicle which will rush up and down America's deteriorating freeways wreaking havoc!

Every citizen on the streets caring about autos or insurance will need to hide both at the state and federal level.

Laughing pro-driver-less car lobbyists will knock Popsicles out of children's hands and leave deep unrepairable ruts in playgrounds and ball fields.

[CK_John]

6. The fight will be mainly in the state capitols among GM, Ford,

Volvo, Google, and Uber plus all the liability lawyers.

The political parties will be overcome with money and a total army of new lobbyist.

I suggest you run down to your state capitol and register as a lobbyist so that you can get a job when gets going.

[FSogol]

7. Uber? The pyramid scheme company that lost $1.2 billion in the first half of 2016?

I have to worry about those libertarians taking over?



I do like the idea of 50 driver-less Capital Buildings terrorizing our highways. Maybe I should buy one of these:

[CK_John]

8. Uber tests self-driving cars in Pittsburgh.

Read more:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/05/19/uber-begins-testing-self-driving-cars-pittsburgh/84587848/

[FSogol]

9. I'm not afraid of self-driving cars and secondly, in 10 years no one will

remember Uber.

[CK_John]

10. If not Uber, their will be dozens of taxi companies modeled after Uber.

[Egnever]

12. Short sighted

Yes Uber is bleeding money right now but they are giving away 2/3 of the money they take in to drivers. That hole will fill very quickly when they can eliminate the drivers. In the meantime they are building infrastructure to handle the demand.

Laughing at UBer because they are currently not showing a profit is very short sighted IMHO.

[FSogol]

13. You should look up: pyramid scheme

I'm laughing at people who expect libertarians to take care of them.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. How's that impeachment going, Kreskin?

[CK_John]

15. Patience.

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. You think there's going to be an impeachment against Obama between now and January?

Do tell!

[CK_John]

17. I'm sure they still want to, but Trump has sort of upset their apple cart.