Hmmm... Did Duncan Mackenzie control any cars? I( don't remember. I do remember that a Belter came to Earth in a Larry Niven story and was shocked to witness people racing (manually) internal combustion vehicles on the abandoned LA freeways. Apparently a lot of writers have thought of this one. Here in San Diego there is a stretch of commuter lane on the I-15 that has something embedded in it, it's not uncommon to see automatically piloted GM prototype vehicles speeding along (look, ma no hands!).
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Hmmm... Did Duncan Mackenzie control any cars? I( don't remember. I do remember that a Belter came to Earth in a Larry Niven story and was shocked to witness people racing (manually) internal combustion vehicles on the abandoned LA freeways. Apparently a lot of writers have thought of this one. Here in San Diego there is a stretch of commuter lane on the I-15 that has something embedded in it, it's not uncommon to see automatically piloted GM prototype vehicles speeding along (look, ma no hands!).
Didn't Larry Niven write the story about manually controlled cars being illegal?