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I hope I can one day have a self driving car show up at my doorstep in San Francisco on a Friday night, hop in, fall asleep, and wake up in Seattle, at a friend
by GuiA 11y ago
I hope I can one day have a self driving car show up at my doorstep in San Francisco on a Friday night, hop in, fall asleep, and wake up in Seattle, at a friend's doorstep, on the Saturday morning - and do the reverse to head back to work on Monday.
Even just sleeping in a car instructed to drive along the coast all night long would be delightful.
- nerfhammer 11y agoThis is why everyone is going to live in a self-driving RV. The first thing that everyone is going to want in a self-driving car is a bed. And after that, a bathroom. Soon everyone is going to live in an RV in their employers' parking lot, occasionally to leave on short trips.
- istorical 11y agoThis is exactly what I believe too. I lurk reddit.com/r/vandwelling and there's some really interesting stuff there sometimes, but I truly believe that once the self-driving car revolution takes hold, you'll see a manufacturer make a a van that has a queen sized bed, a shower and toilet with a large water tank, that is largely soundproof, and has enough power for desktop PC usage, and you'll eventually see a huge adoption.
- bbcbasic 11y agoIt could cross with Tinder and Uber so that you could hail a ride, a ride and a nights kip all at once.
- nerfhammer 11y ago> a nights kip Is that what the kids are calling it now?
- dcposch 11y agolol no
- J-dawg 11y ago> And after that, a bathroom. If we can automate driving, I hope we can also automate the chemical toilet emptying process. Seriously though, this is an awesome vision of the future. If you expanded your idea to blog post length I for one would love to read it.
- stephengillie 11y agoFor your fantasy's sake, I'd hope these cars can do 180mph safely. You're more likely to spend all day Saturday watching Oregon and NorCal zoom past at 60mph, and arrive that night. Source: Drove UW-UCB once while in college.
- stuaxo 11y agoCould almost just do with a train.
- barsonme 11y agoIt's about a 13 hour drive from Seattle to UCB. A lot of I-5 (sans Oregon) is 70 mph, so the flow of traffic is 80 or more. When I drove down with a friend we left Puyallup, Washington at about 11 AM and made it to Los Angeles by 4 AM the following day. UCB is 3 hours before LA, and we had to stop for > 30 minutes due to construction on I-5 before Castaic. I think it's doable even without super fast cars. If you leave at 8 PM you'll get there at around 8 or 9 AM.