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A lot of people who drive cars do so because they don't like riding mass transit with the poor. Lots of people don't want to ride the train with people who are
by CountSessine 10y ago
A lot of people who drive cars do so because they don't like riding mass transit with the poor. Lots of people don't want to ride the train with people who are drunk and soaked in their own urine, or who are strung out on meth, or who are behaving aggressively, or are yelling at people, or... etc. Everyone who rides transit sees these things on a regular basis (Vancouver here) and I can completely understand others saying they don't want to give up their single occupancy vehicle.
I wouldn't see much of a niche for self-driving vehicles if authorities were free to enforce standards of dress and conduct on mass transit; but practically they can't (for so many political reasons in large cities) so they won't so there is such a niche available.
Sorry if this strikes you as being elitist, but I felt that it needs to be said. If we had functional mass transit that everyone felt safe using, I just wouldn't see much reason for self-driving cars.
- Kalium 10y agoFor most people, driving themselves is faster and more convenient. The rest is just gravy.
- lucker 10y agoI'm mostly with you on this one. I like mass transit. It's a fun opportunity to people-watch. What I don't like is riding with smelly and/or loud and/or violent people. I don't care how people dress, though, as long as it's not unhygienic. I think that the reason why there is so little enforcement of any conduct rules might be more practical than political, though. To effectively enforce conduct rules would probably require there to be an extra government employee on each bus or train. The driver can't really be expected to do it, nor would it be a good idea to try to get them to split their attention in such a way.