Demolition Man: Predictions

Below are a list of all predictions the movie Demolition Man makes for the future (in particular, the date August 14th, 2032). Each is preceded by a checkmark indicating if this prediction has been fulfilled. Boxes with a dash indicates a partially-fulfilled prediction. Some predictions have dates associated with them; if these dates pass and the predictions are unfulfilled, the prediction will be preceded with a boxed "X".

Total predictions fulfilled thus far: 4% (half-checked items are counted as 0.5)

Science and Technology

Self-driving cars
Video-conferencing via handheld devices
Video-conferencing terminals in car dashboards
Cars announce upcoming street names
Prison warden security enforced via eye scans
Primary operation of many devices via natural-language recognition
Computers respond in overly-chatty natural-language voices
Cars automatically tracked on central computer system
People automatically monitored on central computer system via chips implanted under the skin
Entire city's computer system accessible from simple roadside "Compu-chat" terminals
City peppered with video cameras all linked together on a network
All cars electric
Teleconferences accomplished with rotating screens arranged around a conference table
Toilet paper replaced with The Three Seashells
Cars use biometrics to determine optimum comfort settings for driver and to automatically detect who is driving a given conveyance
...yet the system doesn't prevent just anyone from driving a police car
Maximum-security glass shields can be broken by heaving a man through them
The magnetic-accelerator gun becomes the last weapon produced in the 21st century
Fusion devices become handheld
Laser discs make a comeback
Cars approaching a crash secrete a hardening safety foam

Society and Language

Everybody is cheerful by mandate
Starving underground resistance to mandate of cheerfulness
Official greeting: "Be well"
Graffiti applied automatically by machine
Graffiti removed automatically with some sort of enhanced surface element
No physical contact condoned
Crime nearly non-existant
People called by both first and last names together
Cars referred to as "conveyances"
"Compu-chat" terminals feature a digital personality that converses with people to improve their mood
Guns completely removed from society, relegated to museums
The phrase "light was extinguished" becomes a euphemism for death
Museums keep actual, functioning, and fully-loaded weapons
Commercial jingles from the 20th century are the most popular music; even performed at fancy restaurants
Sex simulated with "Vir-Sex" electronic devices

Economics and the Market

All restaurants are Taco Bell
All paper money replaced with electronic transactions via chip codes

Politics and Public Services

Police department gives long-winded and cheery response to calls to 911
Fines for cursing given by automated machines upon detection of a swear
As of 2003, the "parole system as you know it" was made obsolete
High-security prisoner cuffs released with simple verbal password (in this case, "teddy bear")
Police dispatching handled electronically and displayed on a large computerized map
Police unaware of their own code for murder/death/kill
Two successive curse words result in notification of police department
Police advised on how to handle a perpetrator moment-by-moment from a handheld device
Police carry glow rods that incapacitate a perpetrator
Police unprepared to handle violent situations
Major city under the rule of a conservative man seeking harmony and tranquility by outlawing exciting and controversial activities
The 61st amendment allows foreigners to hold the presidency

Illegal Activities (check 'em off as each law is passed!)

Cursing
Dirty jokes
Alcohol
Caffeine
Contact sports
Meat
Cigarettes
Salt
Chocolate
Gasoline
Spicy food
Unlicensed pregnancies
Sex
Kissing

Geography and History

City of San Angeles formed in 2011 from Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and San Diego
Last murder in the state of California: September 25, 2010
In 2010, the Big One hits (earthquake)
Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes president
... and creates the Schwarzenegger presidential library
The Franchise Wars result in Taco Bell being the only remaining restaurant
Los Angeles devolves into a cesspool of madness and hate (must ... resist ... urge to check!)

Health and Biology

Following AIDS is a breakout of the sexually transmitted disease NRS
.... followed by UBT
Pregnancies performed in a lab setting only