A few weeks ago in Wuhan, China — a city that boasts thousands of supposedly driverless taxis — a whole bunch of them came to a stop on roadways, reportedly because of a “system malfunction,” as Technology Magazine reported it. These were taxis operated by a company called Apollo Go. While passengers could open their doors, many considered that ill advised, as they were stopped on high-speed highways. However, they could do nothing to get the cars moving again. The publication said one customer was stuck on an overpass for 90 minutes, trying over and over to reach customer service. Instead, the customer’s order was canceled. Worst nightmare For years, my worst nightmare has been to be careening toward a cliff in an autonomous vehicle that has been hacked by a sinister ne’er-do-well. It’s kind of a modern twist on the 1920s film meme of being tied to a railroad track with a locomotive bearing down. But now I have to worry about being stalled on a freeway with a malfunction while traffic zips by, trying to avoid me. To say nothing of the idea that air taxis may fill the skies by the time the Olympics return to Utah in 2034. The future may be exciting, but I think I’ll keep chancing life in my 20-year-old six-speed manual transmission Volvo, thank you. Meanwhile, in California, about 3,000 people have joined a class-action lawsuit against Tesla. The New York Post reported that the lead plaintiff bought a car in 2017 and paid thousands extra for a lifetime of self-driving software updates. Today, his car still isn’t completely autonomous, and his hardware may not be capable of handling it if the technology was available. The plaintiff alleges Tesla is marketing vehicles as fully autonomous when they are not. What happened to