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Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park by sokoloff on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:40PM (#19057692)
Lack of pre-defined and centrally-planned route.
Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park by untog on Friday February 01, 2019 @03:00PM (#19057890)
That doesn't seem like a positive. People like predictability. They know their drive home takes X minutes, give or take Y, which is a small number. Having a different route every day makes the value of Y a lot more variable.
Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park by eesmith on Friday February 01, 2019 @03:19PM (#19058088)
There's another aspect to "predictability." Back when I was a bus commuter, it was comforting to see the same faces every day. Even without chatting or acknowledging each other, there was a sort of familiarity to the strangers.
Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park by bobthepanda on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:45PM (#19057740)
Is that a good thing, though? In practice the lack of a pre-planned schedule means that rideshare vehicles have to divert to get to you, being as much as 10-15 minutes away, which is not much better than just waiting for a bus.
Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park by sokoloff on Friday February 01, 2019 @06:14PM (#19059703)
Quickly catching a bus that isn't going where I want to go isn't ideal either.