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"On average, Americans drive 29.2 miles per day, making two trips with an average total duration of 46 minutes."[1] For how many of those 46 minutes do you thi

by dsjoerg 10y ago

"On average, Americans drive 29.2 miles per day, making two trips with an average total duration of 46 minutes."[1] For how many of those 46 minutes do you think they are enjoying control and adrenaline? I would guess approximately zero, and once you tell them that they can spend that time instead surfing the internet, or eating breakfast, or videochatting with their family, they will. [1] http://newsroom.aaa.com/2015/04/new-study-reveals-much-motorists-drive/ http://newsroom.aaa.com/2015/04/new-study-reveals-much-motor...

duaneb 10y ago
What part of what I said are you disagreeing with? EDIT: ...or replying to?
- dragontamer 10y ago
  Obviously, whenever someone responds to you, they're ALWAYS against you. Because people never agree with you. Never ever ever in the history of communication.
stoozer 10y ago
It's far more likely that for many people it will just mean working on your commute to work. Personally I would rather be driving.
- hexagonc 10y ago
  I think there's a lot of things I'd rather be doing on a commute than drive or do work. For on thing, with a self-driving car, I could do things that many people are already doing while driving, albeit unsafely. Things like eating breakfast, talking on the phone, and fiddling with the radio. Hell, if the commute was long, I might use the time to catch up on sleep.
  - duaneb 10y ago
    You can already do this on public transit; why wait for self-driving cars?
    - yazaddaruvala 10y ago
      Where does your public transit system get its funding? Does it really provide you the same level of privacy? Any transit system I've ever used was: Over crowded. Purposefully designed so no-one could sleep. Also, I really wouldn't want to sleep on an artificially created publicly shared surface. Frowned upon to talk on your cell phone, or eat a meal. I definitely couldn't get any work done, even if I tried.
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    - jdbernard 10y ago
      Because driving takes me 15 minutes and public transit takes an hour.
      - 0xcde4c3db 10y ago
        In my city, you're lucky if public transit only takes an hour (I'm lucky, so I still ride). Also, the bike racks only take two bikes; if there are already two on there, you might as well just ride the rest of the way because your other option is to wait an hour for the next bus. (hi; I live in a city run by "fiscal conservatives")
    - industriousthou 10y ago
      Yeah, I could get a solid four to five hours of sleep if I took public transit to work since it would take so long. And then the bus system in my area is shut down by the time I get out of work... This is exactly what makes autonomous vehicles so great - they eliminate the public transportation problem.
    - cvwright 10y ago
      I took public transit to work for three years. It had its ups and downs. Then, within the span of about a week, (a) somebody peed in their seat about 12 feet from me, and then (b) somebody threw up all over the floor about 3 feet from me. After that it was goodbye Trimet, hello Honda. The bus is not a great place to do any of the things mentioned above.
- pteredactyl 10y ago
  I'd rather be on a train.
gambiting 10y ago
Personally? Probably 40 minutes out of those 46. Every acceleration is a thrill, I enjoy every second of driving.
- riprowan 10y ago
  At what price? When autonomous cars are ubiquitous, the price of insuring your thrill ride will be roughly equivalent to the hourly price of an amusement park.
  - gambiting 10y ago
    That's a nice guess, and I guess it's meant to scare me from driving in the future, but it won't really. Long before "automonous cars are ubiquitous" something else is going to happen - automatic collision detection and prevention will become ubiquitous, long before all cars are fully automatic. So even if I drive the car myself, it will be very difficult to crash, therefore the insurance will have no reason to increase. Either way, I am sure fully automatic cars won't become ubiquitous in our lifetimes no matter what manufacturers say, so I'm not too worried.

by dsjoerg 10y ago

duaneb 10y ago

What part of what I said are you disagreeing with? EDIT: ...or replying to?

dragontamer 10y ago
Obviously, whenever someone responds to you, they're ALWAYS against you. Because people never agree with you. Never ever ever in the history of communication.

stoozer 10y ago

It's far more likely that for many people it will just mean working on your commute to work. Personally I would rather be driving.

hexagonc 10y ago
I think there's a lot of things I'd rather be doing on a commute than drive or do work. For on thing, with a self-driving car, I could do things that many people are already doing while driving, albeit unsafely. Things like eating breakfast, talking on the phone, and fiddling with the radio. Hell, if the commute was long, I might use the time to catch up on sleep.
- duaneb 10y ago
  You can already do this on public transit; why wait for self-driving cars?
  - yazaddaruvala 10y ago
    Where does your public transit system get its funding? Does it really provide you the same level of privacy? Any transit system I've ever used was: Over crowded. Purposefully designed so no-one could sleep. Also, I really wouldn't want to sleep on an artificially created publicly shared surface. Frowned upon to talk on your cell phone, or eat a meal. I definitely couldn't get any work done, even if I tried.
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  - jdbernard 10y ago
    Because driving takes me 15 minutes and public transit takes an hour.
    - 0xcde4c3db 10y ago
      In my city, you're lucky if public transit only takes an hour (I'm lucky, so I still ride). Also, the bike racks only take two bikes; if there are already two on there, you might as well just ride the rest of the way because your other option is to wait an hour for the next bus. (hi; I live in a city run by "fiscal conservatives")
  - industriousthou 10y ago
    Yeah, I could get a solid four to five hours of sleep if I took public transit to work since it would take so long. And then the bus system in my area is shut down by the time I get out of work... This is exactly what makes autonomous vehicles so great - they eliminate the public transportation problem.
  - cvwright 10y ago
    I took public transit to work for three years. It had its ups and downs. Then, within the span of about a week, (a) somebody peed in their seat about 12 feet from me, and then (b) somebody threw up all over the floor about 3 feet from me. After that it was goodbye Trimet, hello Honda. The bus is not a great place to do any of the things mentioned above.
pteredactyl 10y ago
I'd rather be on a train.

gambiting 10y ago

Personally? Probably 40 minutes out of those 46. Every acceleration is a thrill, I enjoy every second of driving.

riprowan 10y ago
At what price? When autonomous cars are ubiquitous, the price of insuring your thrill ride will be roughly equivalent to the hourly price of an amusement park.
- gambiting 10y ago
  That's a nice guess, and I guess it's meant to scare me from driving in the future, but it won't really. Long before "automonous cars are ubiquitous" something else is going to happen - automatic collision detection and prevention will become ubiquitous, long before all cars are fully automatic. So even if I drive the car myself, it will be very difficult to crash, therefore the insurance will have no reason to increase. Either way, I am sure fully automatic cars won't become ubiquitous in our lifetimes no matter what manufacturers say, so I'm not too worried.