Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park
by tropo on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:32PM
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It's abuse because in suburbs the parking is provided at the expense of the property owner, intended for the benefit of those using the property.
Neither I nor Walmart would be pleased to have empty cars showing up to park on our property.
Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park
by jstanley on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:08PM
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Maybe we're thinking of different things.
I had in mind just the side of a road that doesn't have parking restrictions. Anybody is allowed to park there.
Perhaps you are talking about a free car park outside a supermarket or similar? In which case, yeah, fair enough, that would be abusing the free parking.
Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park
by tropo on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:38PM
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It's still an issue for the road owner, which will generally be a town. The town pays for that road surface, with the expectation that it will be mostly used by those with some other purpose for being in the town.
It's a bit like the complaints about Waze sending cars down minor little suburban streets. The town hadn't intended to be paying for the transportation infrastructure of a nearby major city.
This doesn't sound like abuse, it sounds like a good idea.
The point of expensive parking is to reduce the contention for parking spaces. If the car drives a long way away to park where parking is less contested, that seems like a win.