# Driverless cars in China

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/driverless-cars-in-china/108936>\
**Category:** Safety\
**Created:** [October 26, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driverless-cars-in-china/108936 "2017-10-26T13:07:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driverless-cars-in-china/108936/1 "2017-10-26T13:07:55Z")

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[Driverless cars in China](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/10/25/opinion/25chappatte/25chappatte-master768.jpg)

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**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driverless-cars-in-china/108936/2 "2017-10-26T21:49:27Z")

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I don’t get the humor.

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**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driverless-cars-in-china/108936/3 "2017-10-26T22:22:10Z")

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I’m hoping it’s a joke about communism, but it’s hard to tell.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 10:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driverless-cars-in-china/108936/4 "2017-10-26T22:29:20Z")

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IMHO, this is somewhat obtuse.  
🤔

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**Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 9:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/driverless-cars-in-china/108936/5 "2017-10-27T09:34:33Z")

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> [@oldtimer-11](#):
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> I don’t get the humor.

It’s not humor; it’s commentary.

The Chinese Communist Party held its quinquennial meeting recently. They reëlected Xi Jinping general secretary and added his ‘thought’ to the Party’s constitution. It was universally interpreted as homage to his dominance of the Party (thus China’s governance). It alludes to his apotheosis as ‘The Great Pilot’ and a Chinese push to develop driverless cars.

For the Car Talk Community it has the perhaps-unanticipated (by Chappatte) suggestion that driverless cars aren’t really driverless but government-driven.

It’s about totalitarianism, not Communism.