Self-driving technology is going to change more than cars

Re:Self-driving technology is going to change more than cars by white-flame on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @02:30PM (#17181793)

What's going to be more interesting:

- Police departments won't get revenue from traffic violations anymore.

- Police won't have the source of suspicious, law-ignoring driving to find people who need to be found.

- Towing & crash repair shops will drastically drop in business (maintenance will probably increase, but not commensurate).

- Auto insurance won't be able to justify high premiums anymore.

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Re:Self-driving technology is going to change more than cars by polloslocos on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @04:29PM (#17182683)

- transplant patients won't have access to as many organs if vehicle fatalities drastically decrease

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Re:Self-driving technology is going to change more than cars by repsilat on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @06:48PM (#17183451)

There's a hypothetical world in which organ distribution is so efficient and prevalent that the average fatal car crash saves net lives. What a strange kind of "trolley problem" that raises...

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Re:Self-driving technology is going to change more than cars by Balgair on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @04:48PM (#17182804)

If you are in a bio-printing of organs company, the first AV's sale may be a good time to talk to investors.

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Re:Self-driving technology is going to change more than cars by repsilat on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @06:42PM (#17183429)

> maintenance will probably increase

Total vehicle miles will probably increase, but fleet vehicles tend to require less maintenance because they're more regularly maintained on average (I'm told.) Maintenance will probably also become more of a fleet/B2B thing than B2C "individual car problem" thing. Partnerships will be formed or maintenance will be brought in-house, and margins will go down.

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Re:Self-driving technology is going to change more than cars by iamcasen on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @03:20PM (#17182171)

Fun and scary to think about!

I think the police will switch from using driving as an excuse, to using online activity as an excuse. "This guy has been googling the same stuff that ISIS does, better bring him in!" And then they send a signal to whatever self-driving car you're in and tell it to lock the doors and drive you straight to the station for questioning.

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