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Public transportation works for those living in cities. When you live in the countryside, which is still legally allowed, suddenly public transportation ain't t
by TacticalCoder 5y ago
Public transportation works for those living in cities. When you live in the countryside, which is still legally allowed, suddenly public transportation ain't that much of a solution anymore.
Related to TFA: I got to experience the extra called "first class" on a Mercedes Class S (an entry level one, but it had that one extra), where the rear seat (on the passenger side) becomes basically an airliner first class bed (and there's no room for a passenger next to the driver anymore). That is what I call a car I can sleep in and when I'll have a self-driving car, that's the kind of "bed" I'll want.
I hope resourceful engineers working on self-driving cars think about comfort and get to experience that "first class" extra that the class S offers (not that Class S cars are my thing: they're not but, darn, was that bed good for a car).
- MikusR 5y agoTo non-europeans in this thread: public transportation is also a thing for those living in the countryside.
- Akronymus 5y agoAs a european living in the countryside: Public transportation works really well. You can reasonably commute at 50% speed of a car in the worst case in most situation IMO. In non-countryside areas, public transportation often outpaces cars.