It'd be hilarious if someone re-cut this ad promoting the vehicles as "Rapture-Ready Cars."

The voiceover could go: "God has been delaying the Rapture because he doesn't want you damned to an eternity of hellfire because your car became unmanned as you ascended to meet with Jesus. You would have made it, but your depraved indifference led to vehicular manslaughter and that's a damning offense. That's why we made the Rapture Ready Car. It will continue driving, safely avoiding the sinners who will watch as you soar into heaven. Order yours today."

Of course, we're still pandering to idiots, but at least it's not making them think they're about to live through a live-action version of Maximum Overdrive.

Those are great names! Why haven't they made a comeback? I'm looking forward to a whole new generation of girls named Nellie or Gertrude, and not in a hipster-irony sort of way.

This doesn't surprise me one bit, but I want to guess it isn't because Jeff failed at pushing his Jesus-ness, but because they're hoping people will see this and go Dear Lord, this woman is a crazy old lady scared of progress, let's vote for Jeff Whatshisname.
See, bcuz I want the republicans to be failures, and this hopefully failed to backfire correctly. Hopefully, every person in Florida is going "Driverless cars? He's lost his mind. Republicans have really lost it this time." and deciding to never vote Republican again.

Good lord - you actually fell for the ad.

Notice: Jeff Bridges only /sponsored/ legislation that would /allow/ people to have driverless cars. He did not initiate it, he did not push it through anything, he just sponsored it.

There's a huge difference between a guy saying "DRIVERLESS CARS NOW FOR EVERYONE" and a guy saying "Driverless cars? Sure, I'll support that possibility/eventuality."