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I haven't taken a ride in one of those yet, what does it feel like?

649nanos 2y ago
> I haven't taken a ride in one of those yet, what does it feel like? Like grandma driving. In a good way. Less jerky motion, cars don’t smell bad, less motion sickness while looking at your phone.
- skyyler 2y ago
  Ubers don't smell bad until someone shits or pukes in one. I can't imagine these will be any different...
  - xnx 2y ago
    About half the Ubers I get in have overpowering air "fresheners" (perfumes). I'll always roll down a window unless the driver has disabled it (which is one more thing not to like about Ubers).
    - skyyler 2y ago
      Without those perfumes the scent of vomit and faeces would be more present.
    - dilap 2y ago
      I hate those -- they instantly make me nauseous.
  - tayo42 2y ago
    How do you they stop you from trashing these? Or getting into one that isn't clean?
    - sbuttgereit 2y ago
      They do have cameras pointed inwards, so passengers are monitored and I'm sure the remote operators can see car condition as well.
- nova22033 2y ago
  so "Driven by Ms. Daisy"
taylorlapeyre 2y ago
They are extremely nice compact SUVs (Jaguars), extremely nice interiors with displays (like Teslas) that show the entire surrounding area with visualizations of what the car can see, you can choose music and air conditioning, and the driving is extremely good — equivalent to a typical safe (albeit slow) Uber driver.
cawlfy 2y ago
I've only taken them twice but I was surprised by how smooth it was. They're pretty defensive drivers, which is what you want, but were still able to navigate some tricky stop signs (e.g. a biker biking along stopped cars, pedestrians trying to cross in both directions) without getting totally paralyzed. It's a really uncanny feeling when it pulls out into traffic for the first time and the car is driving itself. I have a Tesla, so I've played around with autopilot, but being in the back seat and not being responsible for the car at all is a crazy feeling. Legitimately one of the most "oh my god I'm living in the future moments" I've experienced in recent memory. Pick up and drop offs get snapped to specific areas so I had to walk ~1.5 blocks on either end which wasn't a big deal for me, but could see how that might be annoying/difficult for others.

> I haven't taken a ride in one of those yet, what does it feel like? Like grandma driving. In a good way. Less jerky motion, cars don’t smell bad, less motion sickness while looking at your phone.

skyyler 2y ago
Ubers don't smell bad until someone shits or pukes in one. I can't imagine these will be any different...
- xnx 2y ago
  About half the Ubers I get in have overpowering air "fresheners" (perfumes). I'll always roll down a window unless the driver has disabled it (which is one more thing not to like about Ubers).
  - skyyler 2y ago
    Without those perfumes the scent of vomit and faeces would be more present.
  - dilap 2y ago
    I hate those -- they instantly make me nauseous.
- tayo42 2y ago
  How do you they stop you from trashing these? Or getting into one that isn't clean?
  - sbuttgereit 2y ago
    They do have cameras pointed inwards, so passengers are monitored and I'm sure the remote operators can see car condition as well.
nova22033 2y ago
so "Driven by Ms. Daisy"

taylorlapeyre 2y ago

They are extremely nice compact SUVs (Jaguars), extremely nice interiors with displays (like Teslas) that show the entire surrounding area with visualizations of what the car can see, you can choose music and air conditioning, and the driving is extremely good — equivalent to a typical safe (albeit slow) Uber driver.

cawlfy 2y ago

I've only taken them twice but I was surprised by how smooth it was. They're pretty defensive drivers, which is what you want, but were still able to navigate some tricky stop signs (e.g. a biker biking along stopped cars, pedestrians trying to cross in both directions) without getting totally paralyzed. It's a really uncanny feeling when it pulls out into traffic for the first time and the car is driving itself. I have a Tesla, so I've played around with autopilot, but being in the back seat and not being responsible for the car at all is a crazy feeling. Legitimately one of the most "oh my god I'm living in the future moments" I've experienced in recent memory. Pick up and drop offs get snapped to specific areas so I had to walk ~1.5 blocks on either end which wasn't a big deal for me, but could see how that might be annoying/difficult for others.