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Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr... by dsfyu404ed on Saturday November 16, 2019 @08:32PM (#21556004)
In your scenario the number of trips is the same but the car is more often empty because the parent doesn't have to chauffeur the kids around.
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Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr... by CydeWeys on Saturday November 16, 2019 @10:48PM (#21556454)
Now the parent can be in a different car at the same time, going something else, thus doubling the number of cars on the road.
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Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr... by dillonmckay on Saturday November 16, 2019 @09:08PM (#21556129)
Yes, that was the point.
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Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr... by Moru on Sunday November 17, 2019 @12:25AM (#21556692)
But it still takes up space on the road
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