You are aware that there are many hundreds of thousands of traffic cameras, and cameras attached to police cars in this country? it's almost impossible to drive for more than a few miles without showing up on one. If you see a police car on the road, it's looking at your license plate. If you drive onto a divided highway, for sure you're on camera, they put them on just about every on and off ramp. If you pay a toll, your license plate is recorded. If you park at a parking meter, your license plate is recorded.
In many parts of the country, rust is what ends the life of a car. It doesn't really matter how much it is used, it will still rust away in your driveway. So in these parts of the country, it is best to extract as much use as you can from the car while you can.
These driverless cars will be covered with advertising, just like city buses. If you damage the advertisements or cause the car to be taken out of service, you will be liable for any and all lost profits from the advertising.
Also cheaper if it means waiting 15 minutes or learning a car isn't available when I want it? Time is money.
I have no doubt that you will be able to find someone who will take you where you are going without waiting 15 minutes if you throw enough money at them. Maybe there will be super-premium service where you can cut in line for an extra $50 or $500 or whatever fee if you are really desperate. Those who are paying less, will do so knowing that they are paying less because people like you will pay more.
The fucking free market is a lie, which was my point.
Well, duh. We all know markets are fake. it's all in our collective heads, they don't really exist. But they do serve a purpose anyway. They don't have to be perfect to perform their function. Shovels and rakes do not have to be spotless and perfect to be useful. They can be old and beat and rusted and they still move dirt just fine. Markets move money for us, and they don't have to be perfect either. They just have to be good enough.
plus cars are used for storage when running multiple errands, which will make renting them out while you are on errand A but the car still contains a bunch of stuff for errands C, D, and E. Cars are often treated like purses on wheels, and people don't rent out their purses.
This is a utility with a value. People can work out its value on their own for their particular situation and decide for themselves. If the car service is super cheap and owning your own car is super expensive, then more people will decide that it's not worth the expense.
computers are not the only drivers that go haywire or get into situations they can't handle. It happens to people all the time. They have strokes or seizures or heart attacks behind the wheel, they get distracted, they drive into deep mud, they hit puddles at high speed. If you are in the car when something like this happens to you, what do you do?
Today's 'free' societies are much more interested in convenience than they are in their autonomy, independence, and civil liberties. Dude, the future's like social! omg!
yeah I kind of like the convenience of not getting killed by a distracted human driver
We have absolutely every idea of how to secure IT systems. Nobody wants to freaking listen.
Sure we do. How many times has amazon been hacked into? Zero. Apparently they know how to do it, and do it well. So you start out with a 100% bogus assertion and it just goes downhill from there.
Had a conversation with a German acquaintance, and he basically said that driving in Europe vs. driving in the US could be summed up in one simple thing: cup holders. In Europe, when you're driving, you're DRIVING.
My car was originally sold in germany, it has that weird german brake light and MANY cup holders.
Dare I suggest that we build cars without computers controlling things the driver should have been taught to properly manage anyway, and then actually teach people how to drive?
sure, if you want lots more death on the highway
this technology that you hate has saved many hundreds of thousands of lives
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hot damn, I always wanted a car with a manual choke and a crank starter
can we have synchomesh in the transmission or is that too modern for you?
No way in hell I'm waiting 1 minute when I want to go somewhere.
these are the people who sit in traffic for hours every day
You are aware that there are many hundreds of thousands of traffic cameras, and cameras attached to police cars in this country? it's almost impossible to drive for more than a few miles without showing up on one. If you see a police car on the road, it's looking at your license plate. If you drive onto a divided highway, for sure you're on camera, they put them on just about every on and off ramp. If you pay a toll, your license plate is recorded. If you park at a parking meter, your license plate is recorded.
In many parts of the country, rust is what ends the life of a car. It doesn't really matter how much it is used, it will still rust away in your driveway. So in these parts of the country, it is best to extract as much use as you can from the car while you can.
These driverless cars will be covered with advertising, just like city buses. If you damage the advertisements or cause the car to be taken out of service, you will be liable for any and all lost profits from the advertising.
Also cheaper if it means waiting 15 minutes or learning a car isn't available when I want it? Time is money.
I have no doubt that you will be able to find someone who will take you where you are going without waiting 15 minutes if you throw enough money at them. Maybe there will be super-premium service where you can cut in line for an extra $50 or $500 or whatever fee if you are really desperate. Those who are paying less, will do so knowing that they are paying less because people like you will pay more.
The fucking free market is a lie, which was my point.
Well, duh. We all know markets are fake. it's all in our collective heads, they don't really exist. But they do serve a purpose anyway. They don't have to be perfect to perform their function. Shovels and rakes do not have to be spotless and perfect to be useful. They can be old and beat and rusted and they still move dirt just fine. Markets move money for us, and they don't have to be perfect either. They just have to be good enough.
or they will just be dropping you off at the train station
plus cars are used for storage when running multiple errands, which will make renting them out while you are on errand A but the car still contains a bunch of stuff for errands C, D, and E. Cars are often treated like purses on wheels, and people don't rent out their purses.
This is a utility with a value. People can work out its value on their own for their particular situation and decide for themselves. If the car service is super cheap and owning your own car is super expensive, then more people will decide that it's not worth the expense.
computers are not the only drivers that go haywire or get into situations they can't handle. It happens to people all the time. They have strokes or seizures or heart attacks behind the wheel, they get distracted, they drive into deep mud, they hit puddles at high speed. If you are in the car when something like this happens to you, what do you do?
Today's 'free' societies are much more interested in convenience than they are in their autonomy, independence, and civil liberties. Dude, the future's like social! omg!
yeah I kind of like the convenience of not getting killed by a distracted human driver
The test for drivers license involved starting on a steep hill WITHOUT rolling back
well that's easy, borrow your friend's subaru for the test
Haha, sure the radio is fine.
until they put bogus packets in the amber alerts and break into your car radio
There should not be any listening services running on my new car at all.
no fm radio?
I'm glad I drive a small, basic pickup truck, not subject to any of this nonsense..
so your vehicle somehow by magic avoids accidents with other vehicles? wow!
all of your friends, apparently
Yes, but only because those driver's haven't been taught proper driving skills in the first place...
ONLY?? ONLY??? Then WHY did they go down in Germany, too, where people ARE taught proper driving skills in the first place???
https://www.destatis.de/EN/FactsFigures/EconomicSectors/TransportTraffic/TrafficAccidents/Tables_/RoadTrafficAccidents.html
trust me
why? you are a proven liar
Excuse me while I go find a pickup from 1980.
hey baby, wanna disco?
We have absolutely every idea of how to secure IT systems. Nobody wants to freaking listen.
Sure we do. How many times has amazon been hacked into? Zero. Apparently they know how to do it, and do it well. So you start out with a 100% bogus assertion and it just goes downhill from there.
Had a conversation with a German acquaintance, and he basically said that driving in Europe vs. driving in the US could be summed up in one simple thing: cup holders. In Europe, when you're driving, you're DRIVING.
My car was originally sold in germany, it has that weird german brake light and MANY cup holders.
that switch turns off the radio, it doesn't disconnect the antenna
you are the one who doesn't know what they are talking about
The car is technically always on because you can start it using a phone app.
me, you, the guy down the street, we can all start your car with a phone app, apparently.
Dare I suggest that we build cars without computers controlling things the driver should have been taught to properly manage anyway, and then actually teach people how to drive?
sure, if you want lots more death on the highway
this technology that you hate has saved many hundreds of thousands of lives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in_U.S._by_year
see how the death rate drops dramatically when these features you hate are implemented
Because you'd have to get all the vehicles in range of a network to distribute the patch, you fucking retard.
http://vzwmap.verizonwireless.com/dotcom/coveragelocator/default.aspx?zip
Also could you people please just drive your cars and stop making them a lifestyle?
Yes, small children should be driving cars, not admiring them.