Safe Streets Rebel’s protest comes after automatic vehicles were blamed for incidents including crashing into a bus and running over a dog. City officials in June said…

  • moss@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I live in the area and the streets are just clogged with these fucking autonomous cars. Traffic is slower, people end up having to swerve, it’s just a constant persistent headache. If I had it my way, they’d all be off the streets and into the crusher

      • howrar@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Can we instead have self driving buses?

        I’m envisioning a system where you tell it your location and where you want to go, then it automatically sets up a route for the bus that coincides with where most people want to go and tells you to get off when it’s near your destination. This can work in conjunction with self driving taxis if no one else is going to your destination.

      • SCB@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Public transit is better, but self-driving taxis are absolutely coming to every city in this country, which is great if you live in a city like mine that has little to no public transport infrastructure.

        Also, automated taxis can service more rural areas, which is the key driver of lack of public transport in many “commuter cities.”

        Luddites gonna Luddite, but this tech is coming, and it’s coming to logistics and taxis first.

    • DrM@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      I was in SF 4 years ago and it was insane how many self-driving cars were on the streets for tests. Especially on Lombard Street they just drove in circles. I can’t imagine how annoying this is for someone who lives there