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It's not just the automotive industry that would be worried, that's incredibly short-sighted. The transport sector, however, should be terrified. The amount of chauffeurs required in a few decades time will be just a few percentage of today's amount.
And that, in turn, will have major ramifications for the social securities (UBI, anyone?)
But sure, let's start with the American car makers, so they can lobby against this inevitable progress in safety.