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The key factor in favor of driverless cars is the time saved from driving. For many working professionals, their time is worth more than the monetary costs of o
by nopinsight 9y ago
The key factor in favor of driverless cars is the time saved from driving. For many working professionals, their time is worth more than the monetary costs of owning and operating a car, electric or gasoline. Even if one already owns a normal electric car, it would be economically compelling to switch to a driverless one and use the time saved to create more value for work and career.
- adolph 9y agoYou’d think if using commute time productively was a big draw, everybody would be riding the bus already, right? I think that the folks who work in occupations amenable to telecommuting and who could be actually productive during a long enough commute probably already are. Self driving cars might add value for the folks whose schedule doesn’t work for park’n ride but otherwise fit the above params.
- ghaff 9y agoI mostly work remotely anyway these days, but taking a bus/train has rarely been an option for me during my career. And that's very common for suburban/exurban to suburban/exurban commutes.
- whazor 9y agoThere is a prisoners dilemma with car vs bus. If everyone would take a bus to go somewhere, in total people would be quicker home as there are no traffic jams. But if the traffic jams disappeared then people would selfishly take the car for a speed improvement.
- adolph 9y agoMaybe the key phrase is inadequate equilibrium. https://equilibriabook.com/ https://equilibriabook.com/
- beagle3 9y ago> You’d think if using commute time productively was a big draw, everybody would be riding the bus already, right? No, because the buses themselves are not a reasonable working environment. Every single person I know who can take the train to work does, many of them able to work (on trains that allow working - that's not, e.g. subways anywhere I've seen). Not a single one of those will use a bus, even if it is overall faster (better route, etc.). Driverless cars are likely to provide a reasonable working environment.
- nialv7 9y agoNo, the key factor in favor of driverless cars is the tons of money saved for the transportation industry.