Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy
by seanp2k2 on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @06:22PM
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It'll be super funny when self-driving cars are seen following the at-times-ridiculous GPS directions. For the foreseeable future, I wouldn't want to be in a car without a steering wheel.
Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy
by HappyTypist on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:13PM
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You know how in Google maps you can drag and modify routes and it'd modify the route? Id imagine self driving cars will support that.
Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy
by grillvogel on Friday January 08, 2016 @02:52PM
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self driving cars that we still have to drive, sounds awesome
Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy
by sjwright on Thursday January 07, 2016 @12:21AM
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GPS directions are only ever ridiculous due to a lack of information. In many cities (Sydney Australia, for example) data is good enough and the roads straightforward enough that chosen routes are always either ideal or sufficiently close to ideal.
Haha, apparently you are being downvoted for being a realist. (Oh, fun, me too. Looks like I need to drink some kool-ade.)
Re:SF Yellow Cab to file for bankruptcy
by dietrichepp on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @10:22PM
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You're not being downvoted, the comment is, because it doesn't contribute to the discussion.
So wouldn't a driver knowledgable of the city streets that you don't ever have to give directions to be better?
I use Uber all the time but I find that regular taxi drivers are better in traffic as they tend to know ways around it the GPS doesn't provide. I also regularly get GPS focussed drivers taking 1 turn too early and driving in a circle to get back to where they started to make the correct turn (twice this week already). I still prefer Uber overall but dismissal of street knowledge because GPS is 'better/more accurate' doesn't gel with my experience at all.