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I don't think that Taxi cabs or busses would switch over even once most cars are driving in this way. You have the problem of needing hail a taxi, or for a taxi driver to figure out how to find a fare. Furthermore, taxi drivers in cities frequently don't get addresses or even proper names. A new york cabbie may hear "take me to that famous toy store" and can probably figure out that the fare wants to go to FAO Schwarts on 5th Ave. An automated system would have problems with this.
As far as busses, they would probably want to keep drivers for safety and security reasons. Also without supervision, it'd probably be relatively easy to circumvent paying a fare. There's not much to stop someone from hopping on the bus throug the back door besides social control.
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I read slashdot because I can see links to articles that appeared on the MSN homepage 2 days ago! With cutting edge reporting like this, why would anyone go anywhere else for news?
I don't think that Taxi cabs or busses would switch over even once most cars are driving in this way. You have the problem of needing hail a taxi, or for a taxi driver to figure out how to find a fare. Furthermore, taxi drivers in cities frequently don't get addresses or even proper names. A new york cabbie may hear "take me to that famous toy store" and can probably figure out that the fare wants to go to FAO Schwarts on 5th Ave. An automated system would have problems with this. As far as busses, they would probably want to keep drivers for safety and security reasons. Also without supervision, it'd probably be relatively easy to circumvent paying a fare. There's not much to stop someone from hopping on the bus throug the back door besides social control.
the Enterprise was never a space craft. Just a test vehicle. It never left our atmosphere, nor was it designed to. Its currently a museum piece.
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More info: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orb