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icefire555 t1_iu51rfi wrote

I give 0 shits to have games in my car. I want it to drive itself. Because driving is boring if done legally in the us. And most people suck at driving, myself included.

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Yoconn t1_iu560ao wrote

I just wanna sleep while my car takes me to work.

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cjeam t1_iu59nlz wrote

Oo boy, let me introduce you to “the bus”!

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Yoconn t1_iu59syq wrote

Theres no buses by me.

Plus i work an hour away

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Nah-vi t1_iu5cwp7 wrote

That's 8hrs by bus! You could just sleep on the bus instead of your warm comfy bed

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icefire555 t1_iu5ktxo wrote

Yeah it's kind of funny that he said that. Because I also have no bus routes near me. Because I live in America, home of not public transportation.

I do have a bus stop, but in the 5 years I've lived here it has never been in service.

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Nah-vi t1_iu5v6mq wrote

My closest bus stop is a 26 min walk. There's no side walks most of the way. You occasionally see someone walking through people's yards.

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teratogenic17 t1_iu8aks7 wrote

Congratulations on being one of the very few people on Reddit who can spell 'buses' correctly.

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Mitochandrea t1_iu90qar wrote

LOL you better sleep with one eye open if you’re riding the buses where I live!!

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Norseviking4 t1_iua28b6 wrote

The buss is filled with strangers and many struggle in this situation (myself included) due to social anxiety, fear of getting sick or any other reason people may have. The bus is not the answer for everyone

I have not been on the buss regulary for like 10-15 years and i dont plan to change this if i can avoid it ;)

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cjeam t1_iuaz0f8 wrote

Your alternative would be a taxi then.

Which is going to be expensive yes, so is a self-driving car, and not everyone is going to be able to use a self-driving car either.

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Norseviking4 t1_iub8kge wrote

Taxi is way to expensive yes also not needed since i have no problem affording a car. I drive a prius hybrid due to keeping the environment in mind and the next car i hope will electric. I doubt my next car will be selfdriving but i hope the one after the next one will be.

When selfdriving becomes normal many people might have the car work as a taxi when its not needed by the owner. This might reduce the price of transport alot, making it easy and cheap enough for people to be able to drop car ownership if they dont want to. (you would just order a ride through an app and it will collect the nearest selfdriving car that is awailable)

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chadenright t1_iuc4c5s wrote

I take it you've never actually tried to commute via bus. More often than not, you're standing nose to elbow with fifty other people in a 40-person bus.

Hope you can sleep standing up.

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Test19s OP t1_iu52ar5 wrote

The point is that as driving becomes more automated the driver will have more freedom. There are already Level 3 highways in Germany (Mercedes at least).

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icefire555 t1_iu52kdv wrote

In the us the entire older generation would need to die or leave office before that is even considered. Honestly I think it would require a generation to grow up with it. As most young people don't trust it

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JokrSmokrMidntTokr t1_iu5ql13 wrote

I want a self driving car so I can go to a bar and not get DUI on the way home.

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Aanar t1_iu60z65 wrote

Before cars, your horse knew the way home so you could even get there safely while passed out drunk.

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TerpenesByMS t1_iu62oq1 wrote

I wonder if this helped to enable the staggering level of drinking people used to do. Cars helped sober us up lol

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mattstorm360 t1_iu9az2n wrote

And someone will still pull you over for "operating a vehicle while impaired"

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Deyln t1_iuhc4jd wrote

And when you start living in it full time?

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Realistic_Company234 t1_iuim5h8 wrote

Driving is my favorite thing, I go for drives with no destination just to feel the car.

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icefire555 t1_iuiomjz wrote

That's cool. But most people feel that driving to places like work or groceries, would be a fairly boring task. I own a motorcycle to enjoy driving. But other cars, speed limits, and traffic all can make things a lot less fun.

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