{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/will-self-driving-cars-solve-our-traffic-and-street-safety-problems-a-tech-historian-says-no/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"Will self-driving cars solve our traffic and street safety problems? A tech historian says no","slug":"will-self-driving-cars-solve-our-traffic-and-street-safety-problems-a-tech-historian-says-no","createdLocal":"2023-03-02 14:30:57.835505","publishDate":"2023-03-01 00:00:00","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2023-03-01/essential-california-autonomous-vehicles-promise-essential-california"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>AdvertisementAs tech historian Peter Norton told me this week, promises like this — that new kinds of cars will solve the problems caused by our current cars — are nothing new.\nIn his 2021 book “Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving,” he explores history to argue that self-driving cars aren’t the solution tech companies and automakers market them as.\nTake claims that self-driving cars can fix California’s trademark congestion.\nPlus, recent research concluded traffic would actually get worse in urban areas as more people opt for self-driving cars over public transit.\nLos Angeles TimesSupport our journalism Subscribe to the Los Angeles Times.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"will-self-driving-cars-solve-our-traffic-and-street-safety-problems-a-tech-historian-says-no"}}}