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comment by goobster
goobster  ·  2348 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Driverless Cars Made Me Nervous. Then I Tried One.

I can't wait until I can just tap my Ub-yft app, and an autonomous vehicle is waiting for me outside my house at 6:30 in the morning, every morning.

I get in, and it takes me to work, and while I am on my way I don't have to worry about assholes not paying attention to the road, etc, because I am in the Auto-Vehicle lane, reserved for autonomous vehicles only.

I can sit back, read, and drink my coffee.

Then I get out of the car at work, and it gets dispatched to its next commuter, so I don't have to park it, either.

I'd pay HUNDREDS of dollars a month for that. (No car payments. No maintenance. No insurance. God, life would be so much better!)





kleinbl00  ·  2348 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I will bet you a dollar - right f'n now - that you could advertise that gig on Craigslist and have takers.

Was talking to my wife's ex-boss yesterday (we've stayed friends - they're great) and she relayed that she took an Uber black one time, got to chatting with the driver, and he handed her his card and said "next time, just give me a call." So now she's got a standing car service to the airport every Thursday and back every Friday. She likes it because it's cheaper, it's dependable, and she knows the guy now and trusts him. He likes it because he makes more money and has steady income.

I'm sure Uber would fire him if they knew but since they don't, it's disintermediation all the way down.