Re:Waymo will start testing self-driving cars in New York City
by wolverine876 on Thursday November 04, 2021 @03:59AM
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> Really, Manhattan is just a terrible place to drive. A horribly congested island with limited ways in and out ...
Manhattan is a wonderful place to drive, my favorite place to drive by far; it's how I instinctively drive but can't everywhere else. It's the most sophisticated driving, not the lowest common denominator; people have to focus on what they are doing - don't start texting. Like the rest of the island - more people is more life, more energy. That's why people have loved NYC for centuries. (Sorry to get corny, but there are plenty of songs about it.)
> Not a morning goes by without a report of "45 minutes/1 hour to the Holland Tunnel."
If you stop thinking about NYC driving distances as physical, but in terms of time, that's just how 'long' the Holland Tunnel is.
Manhattan is a wonderful place to drive, my favorite place to drive by far; it's how I instinctively drive but can't everywhere else. It's the most sophisticated driving, not the lowest common denominator; people have to focus on what they are doing - don't start texting. Like the rest of the island - more people is more life, more energy. That's why people have loved NYC for centuries. (Sorry to get corny, but there are plenty of songs about it.)
> Not a morning goes by without a report of "45 minutes/1 hour to the Holland Tunnel."
If you stop thinking about NYC driving distances as physical, but in terms of time, that's just how 'long' the Holland Tunnel is.