Self-driving cars will cause organ shortages
Self-driving cars will lead to a drop in the number of organs donated in the U.S., according to two fellows from the R Street Institute free market think tank. Citing statistics that show driverless cars could save countless lives, and how state DMVs ask motorists if they want to sign up as donors, Ian Adams and Anne Hobson warn that a decline in organ donations is on the way.
“It’s morbid, but the truth is that due to limitations on who can contribute transplants, among the most reliable sources for healthy organs and tissues are the more than 35,000 people killed each year on American roads,” the report published Friday reads.
