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why do we need self-driving cars?

• justaaron 11y ago
  kinda seems like a poorly thought out idea in the first place... i mean a train, maglev capsules shot through tubes, a normal car, a bicycle, ok makes sense... self-driving car? not high on my wish list, i guess
  • mac01021 11y ago
    You don't see the benefit of being able to go anywhere roads go without having to drive? A one-hour car commute is no longer a waste of an hour. You can use that time to write software, or sleep, or study, or watch TV. Living an hour's drive away from work (or near work but an hour away from your parents, like I do) is no longer a major inconvenience.
• TulliusCicero 11y ago
  30,000+ traffic deaths each year? Vastly increased convenience? And in the long run, potentially reduced parking footprint and higher capacity road lanes.
• outworlder 11y ago
  We shouldn't. Ideally, intra-city transportation would be handled by public transport, plus a bike in some cases. Cities could (and should) be similarly interconnected. In a sane world, cars would be niche. So one answer could be, "because the world is insane".