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Well, here is something that recently occurred to me: I'm a member of a typical 2 car suburban family. I work and my wife is a stay-at-home mom. Truthfully,
by jcadam 11y ago
Well, here is something that recently occurred to me:
I'm a member of a typical 2 car suburban family. I work and my wife is a stay-at-home mom. Truthfully, I only need a car to get myself to and from work, while my wife needs a car for ferrying kids to and from school (and activities), shopping, errands, etc. Thus, we need two cars.
My car spends most of its day sitting in the parking lot at my office building, unneeded. However, if I can drive myself to work and then order my car to drive itself home for my wife to use (who would hopefully send the car to come and fetch me at the end of the workday), we could easily become a one car family. Which would be nice. Of course, I live about a half an hour from my workplace -- this might not work as well with a 2 hour commute.
- kbob 11y agoIf you own or hire SDCs, does your wife still ferry the kids around? Or do they ride alone to the destinations you've approved in the car's parental controls? I expect the "Soccer Mom" occupation to disappear.
- jcadam 11y agoWell, with older children I might allow this. Young kids would need to be accompanied by a responsible human. Robots haven't earned that level of trust yet. In any case, these technologies won't come along in time to help my current situation. I do hope SDCs become generally available in time to prevent an elderly jcadam from plowing into a farmer's market sometime in the 2050s/2060s. Hey, I guess 'senior mobility' would be another good application of SDCs.