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Anyone want to speculate on how many years it will be till we see a similar announcement on a trial program for e-hailing self-driving Uber cars in SF? The futu
by hansef 14y ago
Anyone want to speculate on how many years it will be till we see a similar announcement on a trial program for e-hailing self-driving Uber cars in SF? The future is a cool place to live.
- rayiner 14y agoI'm betting you'll see it first in NYC. New Yorkers already hate driving, most don't own cars, and many don't even have drivers licenses. Banning manned vehicles and replacing everything with robotic cabs is much more likely to happen on Manhattan first.
- untog 14y ago...but as a counter to that, NYC also has a far more comprehensive public transit system. The market may be smaller.
- 001sky 14y agonah, nyc is packed with cars everyday. most (plurality if not majority of) traffic seems to be biz delivery and taxi, not commuters. commuting a car into nyc sucks, and most would take taxi if they could afford it over trains.
- tobyjsullivan 14y agoI don't know... an unmanned vehicle sitting still in Manhattan traffic isn't much more impressive than a manned vehicle sitting still in traffic. :P I jest, of course.
- rgovind 14y agoDo you think the govt will ever give permission for unmanned self driving cars? I doubt that...I as an engineer can understand that it may be safe...But how would one convince the govt?