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Consider also: crossing guards, police pulling you or someone else over, emergency vehicles trying to get through (possibly in traffic necessitating that multip
by seanp2k2 11y ago
Consider also: crossing guards, police pulling you or someone else over, emergency vehicles trying to get through (possibly in traffic necessitating that multiple cars move around to make way), drunk driver swerving into your lane, construction lanes which route you onto the shoulder, stoplight failure (power outage or otherwise) with and without someone directing traffic, city parking garages where a valet parks your car in a tight grid, events where you park in a field / on the grass (somewhere that would otherwise be "out of bounds"), camping, some of the things schools do inside parking lots...
I just see far too many weird edge cases for car without a steering wheel to be feasible in the next few decades. Automated driver assist, sure. Taking over almost all the time, sure. But the dream of having it take you home drunk / take your kids to school without you / let you sleep on the way to work is pretty far off IMO.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoI agree, and most people don't understand the extent of parking being a huge issue. Driveways for houses, all of it. Though there are some edge cases companies like Google might be able to do in the shorter term. An Uber-like service only needs to show you the closest it is able to pick you up and drop you off, and can largely ignore the parking nightmare entirely.