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They have (I've seen them, but don't have a link sorry) and car free or semi car free with good bike and public infrastructure is almost always cheaper and more efficient
Or even
Wait for it
SELF DRIVING TRANSIT
Which yes is already a thing too
And much easier to implement than self driving cars
*and affordable. The trains by me are barely affordable, so I will only take them if absolutely necessary. It would be amazing if it was cheap enough that I could just pick a place to go and explore without needing a reason.
Free at point of service. No more of this regressive individual riders pay nonsense.
I'm hearing you want continental Europe
New York City, Washington DC, Boston, MA?
SD, LA, SF, Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver
Please.
I’m realizing these cities were founded in colonial times by Europeans
.... yes? not sure what that has to do with high speed rail but you're not wrong.
* exceptions may apply
*western continental Europe
Shame that they don't want me. ;_;
I've been saying for years "self driving cars are solving the wrong problem". The problem isn't that I have to steer my car. The problem is I need a fucking car to go anywhere worth going.
I saw a video recently by a car enthusiast who hates the idea of self driving cars for a novel reason.
Even if self-driving cars are safer than people it won’t stop bad owners. People who drive with unsafe mechanical issues they can’t or won’t get fixed are still going to exist, and bald tires and worn brakes would eliminate any potential safety benefits of self driving.
And by further removing people from the operation of a car, you’re making them worse owners. They won’t know what a worn tie rod bushing would feel like because they never steer. Making cars into appliances just makes them less safe.
He also made a point that I agree with: If we get people who don’t want to drive off the road, the roads would be nicer for people who do want to drive.
People who drive with unsafe mechanical issues they can’t or won’t get fixed are still going to exist, and bald tires and worn brakes would eliminate any potential safety benefits of self driving.
In European nations we just inspect the shit out of every car to ensure safety. The car must be mechanically satisfactory and have adequate brakes, tyres, etc.
A solution to this would be if mechanics would come to every owner's house, inspect the cars, and do repairs, but that's not unique to autonomous cars. Plus, that's super expensive. Not the best solution by far.
Alternatively, since the cars are autonomous, they could report to repair facilities on their own, and return to owners once repairs are complete. This might be a decent solution if the owner can program which repair facility the car should go to, likely based on what's cheapest or well known.
These are the only solutions I can think of that don't include a third party owning the cars themselves, with monitor where the cars are and can direct them to their own repair facility (or one of their choosing). Doesn't really seem so far off from the owner's having this control now that I think of it.
Manufacturers would probably require owners to go to their garages, autonomous cars would probably kill of most independent mechanics. Then we'll see massive price gouging and planned obsolescence - this is the same industry that had widespread cheating on emission testing after all
So many times watching a car crash video, someone hydroplanes through a puddle …. my first reaction is I bet they live somewhere without safety inspections and those tires are bald
Back when I used to agree with Mush, he said something I still agree with, "you don't want flying cars, because you don't want a poorly maintained car to fly around and lose a hubcap".
Boring?
Yeah, public transit so common and part of day-to-day it's unremarkable and boring.
Hell yeah!
