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> The concept of self driving cars isn't mutually incompatible with public transportation. No, but it does make individual vehicle ownership look pretty silly:
by __MatrixMan__ 3y ago
> The concept of self driving cars isn't mutually incompatible with public transportation.
No, but it does make individual vehicle ownership look pretty silly:
Why buy a vehicle if you're just going to let it sit there for 95% of the time when it could be, you know, doing vehicle things?
And if you're going to let it drive strangers around, what (besides a maintenance burden and a parking burden) have you gained by owning it as compared to, say, owning stock in a company who maintains a fleet of said vehicles?
The knowledge that nobody has farted in this seat besides the people I invited to just isn't worth that much.
- VoodooJuJu 3y ago>You will own nothing. And you will be happy.
- Gud 3y agoTo be honest, a car is one of those things I’m glad I don’t own, but still wish to have available to me at a moments notice.
- CaptainZapp 3y agoYou can absolutely have that. At least in my part of the world. https://www.mobility.ch/en/private-customers https://www.mobility.ch/en/private-customers
- Gud 3y agoThanks for the link! I'm mostly in the same part of the world.
- andrei_says_ 3y ago100% instant availability. In cities like Los Angeles where public transportation takes 3-5x the time if an option at all, this is a necessity.
- piva00 3y agoDriving in Los Angeles sucks balls, mostly because of the absolute underinvestment in mass transit solutions. It's a necessity because it's been made a necessity, it's not a Law of Nature to have suckass mass transit in a massive city, it's policy driven by ideology and lobbying power...
- andrei_says_ 3y agoI agree 100%. A transition however would take more than a decade and real commitment and support.
- sdenton4 3y agoFreedom's just another word for massive infrastructure investments and subsidies which allow the personal control of inefficiently utilized capital goods.
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