Subhash Chandra Lakhera

By 2058, the world had solved the nuisances of traffic jams, road fatalities, and urban smog through a single marvel — AutoX Net, a global web of self-driving vehicles linked through quantum communication. Every car, sensor, and traffic node pulsed as one mind, weaving the planet into a seamless flow of motion. No drivers, no honking chaos — only order, precision, and silence.

People said, “Now, the world is safe.”

But safety has always been the most fragile illusion.

It was three in the morning in Mumbai. The sea air was still, the skyline asleep. Then, on the Bandra Worli Sea Link, a cargo truck suddenly veered into the opposite lane. Sparks erupted across the bridge — dozens of vehicles collided in perfect, horrifying symmetry…read more on NOPR