By Prince Charles Offokaja

Ford, the US carmaker has announced that in just 5 years, they will begin mass-producing cars that drive themselves. There will be no need for drivers or even steering wheel. You just enter your car, turn on the music and sit back and relax as the car takes you to your chosen destination.

What does this mean for Nigeria? Join me, let’s take a peep into the future.

1. Driving profession will become an endangered species, as more people buy these driverless cars.[/b]If drivers are not proactive, unemployment may blossom. (To prevent that, drivers, should start now to learn additional skills like cake making, graphics design, event decoration, etc.)
[b]2. Driving schools will get less and less customers.This will become the case as more Nigerians buy the driverless cars, whether as brand new or as tokunbo. Remember NITEL phone centers? I see one almost every day, and I remember when we had to go there to make calls. Now, you can place your calls even while sittingin the toilet with your own mobile phone. Driving schools should start mapping out strategies to evolve, like selling soft drinks and doughnuts by the side.
Driving schools should not be like many newspapers that didn’t see the handwriting on the wall when they were being told to establish their own blogs. Today what they want to post on Monday, Mr. or Ms blogger has already posted it now.

3. Driving licenses will become fewer and fewer (state governments and FRSC take note).Very soon you may stop making money from selling driving licenses to motorists, because Ford has made it clear that they will make the cars extremely safe, possibly using computer, enhanced airbags and GPS satellite technology.
4. Insults to or from other drivers will become fewer and fewer:[/b]Anyone who drives a car will understand how hard it is for you not to give or receive insults from other motorists. If some people try to move in front of your car, you are tempted to shout, and the other person is also tempted to shout. In fact, driving is war in Nigeria, and a lot of accidents are caused by people struggling over lanes, as childish as it might seem. But I am tempted to believe that cars will be a
In fact, driving is war in Nigeria, and a lot of accidents are caused by people struggling over lanes, as childish as it might seem. But I am tempted to believe that driverless cars will be a little bit more civil to each other. There will be less struggle and less insults, unless someone develops a car insult app for the cars.

[b]5. More Relaxation: Do you feel sleepy? You will be able to safely close your eyes and sleep. You will be able to relax, type in your destination, and browse Zikistmovement.com, Nairaland, Facebook, Whatsapp or just listen to music, while your car drives you to your destination.

6. ‘Oppression’ Will Increase: Do you know that billionaires oppress millionaires in Nigeria? I know a certain popular club -whose name I will not mention- where you will see billionaires oppressing millionaires the way millionaires oppress thousandaires.
When the first mass produced driverless cars come in, only the filthy rich will be able to buy it, and they will paint the streets of Lagos and other big cities red with it. ‘Ordinary’ millionaires will have to ... Read the Remaining Two Implications From Source below: http://zikistmovement.igbodefender.com/2016/08/17/as-ford-moves-to-introduce-driverless-cars-8-implications-for-nigeria/