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Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday April 11, 2019 @11:59AM (#19635954)
Because where I live it takes at least an hour for a taxi to decide to come get me (and that's being generous: last time it was about 4 hours). Uber simply says "no cars available" and Lyft frustratingly shows cars 10 miles away that simply disappear. Just because the car has no driver doesn't mean that the economics change enough to service a low population density area.

The reality is that there are huge swaths of the US where you need personal transportation.

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Re:Ford CEO says the company 'overestimated' self-driving cars by danans on Thursday April 11, 2019 @02:33PM (#19637693)
> The reality is that there are huge swaths of the US where you need personal transportation.

Yes, but 80% of the population lives in urban areas, so would be better served by improved public transit. That doesn't mean anyone is taking your personal car away if that's the best way to get around in a low population density area.

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