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kleinbl00  ·  3962 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Imagine: A World Where Nobody Owns Their Own Car

    You might argue that it's not enough, but it's surely something.

I would argue that it's an exponential growth curve and the tail is going to be very long. I would further argue that as more people get used to not having to drive, the more things are going to suck when they're forced to in a rainstorm.

To be clear: I don't think driverless cars are a bad idea. I do think that their benefits are oversold, their timeline is overly optimistic, and as panaceas for reducing traffic they suck ass compared to viable mass transit.