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Autonomous Vehicles Might Drive Cities to Financial Ruin
- nanis 8y agoI would not recommend spending time on this article: many cities balance their budgets using money brought in by cars: gas taxes, vehicle registration fees, traffic tickets, and billions of dollars in parking revenue. But driverless cars don't need these things: Many will be electric, will never get a ticket, and can circle the block endlessly rather than park. Hmmm ... If "autonomous" vehicles actually ever became this dominant, I am sure someone would figure out how to ticket them for circling the block more than once or "adjust" the registration fees.
- smt88 8y agoI'd go further to suggest that autonomous cars might decrease some costs and be easier to tax, since they're connected vehicles.
- nanis 8y agoYup, DRM-like required ticketing blob in the firmware. The car can write the tickets and transfer funds from your bank account to the appropriate government entity without you having to lift a finger. Great! I can't wait for what's next!
- smt88 8y agoI don't know if you were being sincere, but that specific scenario can't happen because of due process in the US.