Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously complained about autopilot

Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by asdff on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:26AM (#22306982)

Would be great if you could afford the $40k and insurance to house that 4000lb hunk of precious metal you spend energy moving around everywhere you go. A bus pass is a $1.75 on the other hand...

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by plopz on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @10:16AM (#22309426)

The bus pass wouldn't be $1.75 if it serviced the rural areas. The economics just don't work with low population density.

Look at NJ Transit, in rural areas if you have a train station you get 2-3 commuter trains in the morning on week days and no service on the weekend or during the day/late at night. And thats for NJ, which has high population density even in rural areas, is physically small and is part of the north east corridor.

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by bb123 on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:32AM (#22308635)

Don't be silly, not everyone is buying $40k cars. And the bus is a great solution if it exists, but in most places on planet earth it does not.

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Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl... by easytiger on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @06:31AM (#22307953)

263 million cars in an America.

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