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Re:Unexpected Consequences of Self-Driving Cars by stale2002 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:35AM (#13469267)
Sure, those scenarios you pointed out are difficult, but what about highway driving?

Replacing highway driving with autonomous vehicles is still completely game changing for the transportation industry. It means that 90% of truck drivers are out of a job. (Truck drivers of the future will just handle the last mile).

That is certainly something that is going to be disruptive.

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Re:Unexpected Consequences of Self-Driving Cars by mcgrath_sh on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @02:24AM (#13469471)
I'd love this as a private vehicle too. Imagine if you could turn a 12 hour drive into an hour on each end (from highway exists to local destination) with the ability to just relax or sleep in the middle? I don't think I'd fly anywhere within 10 hours of me, because an overnight drive suddenly isn't a burden!
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Re:Unexpected Consequences of Self-Driving Cars by milliondollar on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @06:56AM (#13470636)
Yes. I don't know why more time isn't spent on this aspect. It would totally start competing with air travel at that point for sure. I travel all the time for work between cities 4 hours by car or 45 minutes by air. So car is slightly longer all in given fixed costs at airport on either end. But I would do it ALL the time if I didn't have to drive it myself!
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