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The car made pedestrians second-class citizens. Don’t let driverless vehicles push us off the road altogether | Adam Tranter
- The UK government plans to fast-track driverless vehicle trials, facing challenges like the term 'jaywalking' which stigmatizes pedestrians.
- 'Jaywalking' was coined by the US motor industry to shift blame for road deaths off drivers onto pedestrians.
- Pedestrians faced discrimination with jaywalking laws disproportionately affecting marginalized communities.
- Tech companies building self-driving cars still view pedestrians as obstacles to control and predict.
- The CEO's use of 'jaywalker' implies designing out human behavior to favor autonomous vehicles.
- Driverless vehicles should respect people and cities, not reshape them in favor of technology.
- The danger is repeating history by diminishing the role of pedestrians in urban life for autonomous vehicle uptake.
- Driverless technology should serve society, respecting unpredictability as part of urban human life.
- There is a risk of pedestrian movement restriction in the name of promoting autonomous vehicles for profit.
- Prioritizing autonomous vehicles over human behavior risks societal and urban disservice.
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