With the excitement of self-driving cars continuing to gain traction in the technology world, some consumers are still left wondering about the safety of the vehicles.

What should a passenger do when they simply don't feel like driving, still need to travel but want to feel more secure in a car?

In a recent survey from Insurance.com, 22.4 percent of responders would be OK with purchasing a vehicle that didn't require driver input. However, there's another 24.5 percent who just aren't sold on the idea. One of the biggest reasons for self-doubt is concern about safety from a robotic vehicle.

Technology and the automotive world have done a lot to make driving more convenient: cruise control, smartphone GPS systems, antilock brakes, self-parking, traffic jam assistant apps and even GasBuddy mobile apps helping out with travel expenses.

But the one downside of self-driving cars is that they don't quite mesh with human driving habits yet, according to Bloomberg News. Auto accidents continue to happen between self-driving cars and human drivers, primarily because unlike humans, self-driving cars can't quite guesstimate that one driver who will swerve into the wrong lane, speed up or stop abruptly. Veteran drivers are already equipped to handle making those last-minute decisions.

So what should drivers do when they need to get to their destinations, may not want to drive all of the time but just haven't joined the self-driving bandwagon of excitement?

Anyone who has experienced a family road trip knows that characters are aplenty.
 
Some people want to drive for a little while. A few may want to take turns. Newbie drivers thrive at the thought of giving their family high blood pressure.

There's always the "shotgun" passenger who wants to do nothing but rest on a travel pillow and stare out of the window. Spontaneous drivers have zero interest in asking for directions while happily going in the wrong direction. Then there's the family member who would rather just take a plane and skip the car debating altogether.
 
ShowFore is here to take all of the travel tribulations out of the family gathering.

Please feel free to check out my interview with Live from I-5 host Luvva. I talk about my business and music background, interesting things I learned about 2 Live Crew and more about the biopic. Also, check out this press release for more details on the upcoming film.

PLEASANTON, Calif. — Me & Mine Entertainment and MB Enterprises have taken a major step forward in the development of a feature-length film based on the life of 2 Live Crew’s Christopher “Fresh Kid Ice” Wong Won. The two companies have officially signed an agreement with Iconic Media Group.The movie, which will be titled “Rise 2 Fame,” is based on Wong Won’s 2015 autobiography.

According to the producers, the movie will feature the explicit, untold story of Fresh Kid Ice, co-founder of the famous 2 Live Crew hip-hop group that rose to prominence in the late 1980s.

Through the film, viewers will witness how the past, present and future collide as the rollercoaster-like highs and lows of life on the road take their toll on the members of 2 Live Crew and their families. It will be a story of sex, music and the fight for freedom, paralleling the group’s emergence as a symbol for First Amendment rights in a battle that rocked America.

A significant portion of the film will focus on the controversy surrounding 2 Live Crew’s 1989 album, “As Nasty as they Wanna Be,” which the U.S. District Court in Florida ruled as legally obscene shortly after the album’s release. Although the ruling was eventually overturned, three of the group’s members were arrested in the meantime _— and its album was banned in a number of Florida counties.

By now everyone knows how tumultuous the employment industry was from about 2007 to 2014. Unemployment rates were as high as 9.8 percent and still have not come down to the low ranges of 4.0 to 4.9. Luckily there has been some improvement, but just as there have been people hurt within the labor market and entry-level jobs, upper echelon jobs also took a beating. Employees in middle management and supervisory level positions grew even more concerned about being able to hold onto what could be deemed as disposable income on someone who could do the job cheaper -- even if not better.

For people who were just trying to hold onto opportunities in middle placement positions, struggles between team leaders and higher-ranking positions could have become noticeably uncomfortable. The problems that middle management face aren't new to these higher years of unemployment, but these obstacles certainly put some of the more frustrating battles in the limelight. How does someone who is a team leader have a sufficient opportunity to do their jobs but still assure upper management that they are not trying to take their jobs? Better yet, how does someone who is overqualified for a position apply for a new opportunity without making their hiring manager worry that there's now new competition.

These tips prove that it's not as difficult as it may initially seem, but it does take quite a bit of patience and solid communication skills to do so.

When I heard the news about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on December 14, 2012, I was devastated. There's something about being a parent and hearing news like that that sends an indescribable sense of dread through a parent's soul. Finding out that the shooting lead to 20 children being shot and killed was even worse.

Schools and homes are places that everyone should feel safe. These young people were going to school to learn and enjoy the day with their friends. Senseless violence is frustrating regardless, but when it happens to innocent people, it pains me more. These victims were not active in illegal activity; they were just people going about their day.

Living in the Bay Area, I have seen violence in a variety of neighborhoods. The time I spent in Oakland exposed me to a lot of violence, too. A few months ago, when I was presented with the opportunity to listen to people speak about gun control at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C., I didn't hesitate.