An open letter to US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood

[uplinktruck]

Dear Secretary LaHood,

As driver of a commercial vehicle as specified by the regulations set forth by your Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, it is estimated by various experts in the field I hold anywhere from a half dozen to three dozen lives in my hand when I drive down the road.

An air traffic controller holds somewhere between a

Comments

Strange, but true

[bec_87rb]

In the future, robots will be our overlords because they never sleep or shower.

They will, however take up smoking, and once or twice a year an airplane full of people will crash and die because a robot was out on a cigarette break.

Re: Strange, but true

[uplinktruck]

Almost certainly.