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Just yesterday, walking in the inner sunset neighborhood of SF, I saw an old lady in a 1980s Volvo come to a 4-way stop. She looked really old, as in probably e
by 1024core 3y ago
Just yesterday, walking in the inner sunset neighborhood of SF, I saw an old lady in a 1980s Volvo come to a 4-way stop. She looked really old, as in probably even 90+. She wasn't sure about the rules of the stop sign: she came to the stop and was hesitating to go. Other cars were waiting for her and some of them started just going through, creating a very dangerous situation. Eventually she mustered the courage to just make her turn. That made me think: her life would be so much easier if she didn't have to drive at all to go run her errands. She was creating an unsafe situation for everyone, not just herself.
The City (SF) has a fleet of transport vehicles that transport Seniors (old folks) around town. It would be much more cost effective to just have a bunch of Waymos available to Seniors.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoSafer, maybe. cost effective, I don't see it. especially compared to this aforementioned fleet of transport vehicles.
- mlyle 3y agoYou don't think fleets without drivers will be cheaper than fleets with drivers?
- zht 3y agosomeone needs to get the seniors in and out of the cars...
- 1024core 3y agoIf they can get into the drivers seat and attempt to drive themselves, surely they can get into a car as a passenger?
- zht 3y ago"The City (SF) has a fleet of transport vehicles that transport Seniors (old folks) around town. It would be much more cost effective to just have a bunch of Waymos available to Seniors." this is what I meant. The drivers of the fleet of transport vehicles are helping old folks in and out of the vehicles, which you wouldn't get with a waymo