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THE self-driving car boom is having a devastating effect on road skills and may be affecting student drivers worst of all, a New York City driving instructor has told The U.S. Sun. 4 Kim is a driving instructor at Revolution Driving School in New York City Credit: The US Sun4 Kim says that the growth of semi-autonomous and driverless cars is 'terrible' for driving skills Credit: The US SunKim has been a professional driving instructor with Revolution Driving School since 2021, when she jumped on the opportunity after the school told her it needed another teacher amid rising enrollment during the Covid-19 pandemic. “A Tesla kind of tells you there’s a car in front of me; there’s a car behind me, there’s a car next to me, there’s a pedestrian.”Kim added: “Listen, I have eyes. The Revolution Driving School instructor said: “It was like 2018, and this back before Teslas were really hitting the street like that. She remembers thinking: “She’s got it.”4 Most vehicles on today’s roads with self-driving technology (like Tesla’s Model 3 pictured above) have Level 2 autonomous capabilities Credit: Getty