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I don't know about you being the only one, but personally, I certainly prefer the buzz if it means fewer vehicles on the roads every day.
by FroshKiller 10y ago
I don't know about you being the only one, but personally, I certainly prefer the buzz if it means fewer vehicles on the roads every day.
- wackro 10y agoI'm not sure decreased traffic will be an effect. Only increased air traffic. And more amazon sales.
- tqkxzugoaupvwqr 10y agoDelivery trucks are way more quiet for each ton of goods they deliver. I’d rather have two trucks filled to the top on the road once a day instead of dozens of delivery drones delivering goods around the clock. It means the customer won’t get his toothbrush 30 minutes after ordering but at least the rest can live in peace.
- FroshKiller 10y agoTo be clear, I don't really give a damn about the noise either way. I care about reducing the risk of loss of life in automobile accidents.
- ProAm 10y agoSo more lives saved and less jobs to go around sounds like a wonderful future existence.
- FroshKiller 10y agoFewer jobs, not less, and yes, that does sound wonderful to me. You think that sounds like some kind of dystopia, there being more people alive who perhaps have to look for different jobs? Versus those same people being dead and people still doing tedious work we could automate? I think that sounds more dystopian, personally.
- ProAm 10y agoDepends on your definition of global over-population and quality of life I suppose.
- wyager 10y agoA negligible decrease in mortality in exchange for an intermittent high-pitched buzzing sound in any populated area... I think I'll pass on this one.
- bad_user 10y agoDelivery vehicles that can be replaced by drones are what, 0.1% to 1% of all vehicles maybe? So you'll have both the same car traffic and the noise from drones ;-)
- justinv 10y agoWith that quick of a click to delivery, do you really think you'll have the same car traffic? The amount of times you'd need to drive to get anything would dramatically decrease.
- stinkytaco 10y agoThat's sort of true now. No one really has to go to Target because we have Amazon Prime Pantry, but I still see that place full of cars. I don't have any numbers, but I'm willing to bet delivery commerce has increased dramatically in the last ten years, but I doubt traffic has decreased proportionally.
- usefulcat 10y agoFor small items, maybe, not for anything too large for a drone to deliver.