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Over the past few years people were saying that self-driving cars would be the end of car ownership as we know it, that the masses would adopt car sharing, and
by twblalock 7y ago
Over the past few years people were saying that self-driving cars would be the end of car ownership as we know it, that the masses would adopt car sharing, and if you needed a car you would just summon one on your phone.
The coronavirus has revealed how bad that idea was. Everyone who has a privately owned car is glad they have it, and they won't forget that once this is all over.
- hhsuey 7y agoJust wait till self sanitizing + self driving cars come out.
- Gustomaximus 7y agoI don't a once a century event give rationale people won't share cars. Generally people are very forgetful. E.g We have economic crashes every decade or so but perhaps even the majority of people still overspend on credit rather than sacrifice for rainy day funds. Ultimately it will come down to price, convenience and personal budget. My opinion anyway.
- robk 7y agoI don't know this makes me never ever want to lose the optionality of my own car with my own private space. Uber prices spiked where I can't even make a cost case for not having a car.
- twblalock 7y ago> Generally people are very forgetful. People won't forget about a global pandemic that locked down everyone in their homes for months. Are you joking?
- ergothus 7y agoCan you say any ways life changed due to the 1918 pandemic? Do most people even know about more recent ones? (1958?) People are terrible at adjusting, we keep asking for (our definition of) "normal"
- sveng 7y agoFaster horses.
- maxharris 7y agoPeople won’t literally forget for many years, but the coronavirus will not be in the minds of most people in the future once the wave(s) are over. The 1918 flu had a big impact, but a lot of other things happened in the 20th century!
- jasonv 7y agoI think people can’t wait to forget.
- dehrmann 7y agoIt's closer to the other way around. Everyone without a car wishes they had one, everyone with a car takes it for granted. And car sharing like that isn't a bad idea. All this talk of slack in the supply chain--personally owned cars are a huge amount of slack. Sure, they're an insurance policy, but a very expensive one.
- distances 7y ago> It's closer to the other way around. Everyone without a car wishes they had one Where does this sentiment come from? I don't own a car because I don't want one, and the pandemic hasn't changed this situation at all.
- nradov 7y agoA regular car like a Toyota Corolla or something isn't very expensive for the average adult. Unless they live in a dense area and have to pay for parking.
- dehrmann 7y agoAlmost everyone in the US in areas that aren't densely populated has a car. 90% of households in Dallas have a car. The ~only people thinking about a car will be ones in places where they have to pay for parking.
- speedgoose 7y agoOwning a car is a lot of hassle. It's super expensive, it takes time to maintain it, you have to park it, you may have issues with it. Renting a shared car from a phone still sound appealing to me.
- HeyLaughingBoy 7y ago"A regular car like a Toyota Corolla or something isn't very expensive for the average adult. Unless they live in a dense area and have to pay for parking." "Owning a car is a lot of hassle. It's super expensive, it takes time to maintain it, you have to park it, you may have issues with it. Renting a shared car from a phone still sound appealing to me." I found it very telling that these two comments were literally one after the other on my screen...