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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by jd20 on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @05:54PM (#16693100)
This is what probably keeps me out of the market for a car rental service too. I realize I'm probably in the minority, but trying to fit three car seats and several adults into an Uber is near impossible. Not to mention of it's a one way trip, what do you do? Carry the seats with you, arrange to get them back on a later date?

Personally, I'd much rather buy a car with this technology, than rent it.

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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by galdosdi on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @11:58PM (#16695149)
This is a big enough market I'd be surprised if there isn't just a checkbox on the app "Do you want the taxi that responds to be one equipped with (0 / 1 / 2) child car seats?"
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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by jd20 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @03:43AM (#16696124)
They did eventually add an option, but it's still very limited (single car seat only, not as many drivers have them, and no newborns).
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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by akgerber on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:01PM (#16693151)
If Waymo's safety record holds, we can hope for a world with sufficiently-few crashes that car seats become unnecessary.
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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:07PM (#16693210)
Good luck getting states to change their laws anytime soon. Ironically enough, car seats aren’t required on buses not because they aren’t needed, but they would cut off the poor with kids completely from transportation.
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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by aplummer on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @09:20PM (#16694372)
Also probably helps that public buses are really really safe statistically.
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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by Fricken on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @08:29AM (#16697167)
The driver is regulated at the state level. Safety standards for vehicles are regulated federally.
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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by koolba on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:26PM (#16693359)
They’re already statistically unnecessary for toddlers on up: http://freakonomics.com/2005/07/09/more-evidence-on-car-seat...
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