Car Experts Are Worried That People Will Have Sex In Self-Driving Cars

The next big revolutions on the road are electric and self-driving cars. While plugging into your wall socket to fuel your ride has no cause for concern, it's the self-steering bit that have bureaucrats concerned. ?According to a Barrie Kirk of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence, "smart" cars just mean more time to get dirty behind the wheel.?

"I am predicting that, once computers are doing the driving, there will be a lot more sex in cars," he told the Toronto Sun.?"That's one of several things people will do which will inhibit their ability to respond quickly when the computer says to the human, 'Take over.'"

Federal officials have mentioned this in briefing notes they made for recently appointed Transport Minister Marc Garneau, as part of a regulatory framework for driverless cars, ?"The issue of the attentive driver is ... problematic...Drivers tend to overestimate the performance of automation and will naturally turn their focus away from the road when they turn on their auto-pilot," said the note, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act.

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There's apparently been a lot of online videos showing Tesla drivers "engaged in questionable practices, including reading a newspaper or brushing their teeth." ?According to Tesla, the autopilot feature isn't truly autopilot, but promises a partial autonomy, making the car safer than one driven by humans. ?"It really needs to be emphasized that these vehicles are not truly self-driving," officials said.?