By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News
(CHICAGO) At City Hall, Bill Cameron says the aldermen took testimony on banning driver-less cars in Chicago before a state law is enacted to pre-empt them from regulating them.
Never one to shy away from a dramatic city council hearing, Alderman Ed Burke screened video of a crazy professor with his driverless car in the movie “Into the Future.
And Alderman Tony Beale argued driverless cars would be a job killer, “All CTA vehicles will be autonomous, so there’s jobs being lost. And there’s Uber and Lyft who say they employ 20-30,000 people here in Chicago. Those people will all be laid-off.”
Safety experts warned of accidents caused by hacking but the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce said driverless cars will actually increase traffic safety and reduce congestion.
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