No thanks on robo-cars

Re: “Robotic cars closer, safer than you think — Human drivers will go the way of horse and buggy, says Vivek Wadhwa,” Sunday Points.

The writer may well be correct, but I, for one, hope he is not. We are already being controlled by too much mindless computerization. We might as well just climb aboard a bus or train and not have the expense of a car at all.

Another suggestion might be to take all the money spent for motorized vehicles, gasoline, insurance, maintenance and medical expenses from accidents and invest it in citywide mass transportation systems throughout the country. We then could disallow private vehicles on streets within any city limits, let the mass transportation industry replace the auto industry for economic purposes (which might bring jobs back into this country, by the way) and end up with cleaner air and a lot less noise.

We might also become healthier with all the walking and bicycling we’d have to do. Just a thought.

LeRoy White, Denton

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