Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Autopilot Failure

Re:Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Au... by perl4ever on Monday June 01, 2020 @07:51PM (#23385516)

You say classism like it was extrinsic. But the classes (in smaller cities, not like NYC) are people who can afford a car and people who can't, or have some other reason they can't drive.

In the sort of place I'm used to, an urban area of about a million people, taking the bus is not logical if you have a car anyway. You don't get an economic benefit if you own and insure a car at all. And you pay a big penalty in time and flexibility.

That's what creates the class divide, not something arbitrary in peoples' heads. The people who ride the bus because it's economically rational are inherently the people who have no choice.

Talking about general social problems as the source of the issue is misguided, in my opinion.

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Re:Tesla Model 3 Drives into Overturned Truck in Apparent Au... by Dylan16807 on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @12:15AM (#23387367)

You're conflating being able to afford a car with having a car. Ideally more people would choose not to have cars. Or, easier, a household could only have one car instead of multiple.

And a good transit system can beat many car trips, even for people that do have cars. Especially if parking spaces stop being subsidized.

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