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It will also restore mobility for many people who cannot drive yet or not anymore. Where I live, Taxis and Ubers are still too expensive and not ubiquitous enou
by manmal 7y ago
It will also restore mobility for many people who cannot drive yet or not anymore. Where I live, Taxis and Ubers are still too expensive and not ubiquitous enough to replace an owned car.
- takk309 7y agoThis is one of the most important use cases I can see for self driving cars. As it is, on demand transit is expensive and in rural areas not the most frequent. For example the northern portion of Montana has a very low population spread out across a large distance. For many elderly to get medical care they must travel 100-200 miles to the nearest hospital. When they have to make this trip every week, I can be a massive burden on their loved ones. On demand transit is an option but may only run a couple times a week due to limited drivers. A self driving vehicle would help this situation a lot.
- Johnny555 7y agoI'm counting on self-driving cars to be viable by the time I'm too old to drive -- it was very hard for my grandmother to give up her car and it took a lot of coaxing (and a little sabotage of her car to make her think it needed expensive repairs) to get her to stop driving. But it was necessary because she was becoming a dangerous driver.