Re:Driverless robotaxi fleet paralyzed for hours in San Fran...
by astrange on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:10PM
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The thing you want is micromobility (ebikes and scooters). A car isn't a good way to get groceries, it's a money pit that makes you out of shape while also being entirely capable of killing you or someone else's children. It's designed for the highway and not good for anything slower than that.
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Re:Driverless robotaxi fleet paralyzed for hours in San Fran...
by macintux on Thursday June 30, 2022 @11:54PM
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There’s a significant percentage of the population for whom ebikes and scooters are an impossibility, but who can still drive or be driven.
Re:Driverless robotaxi fleet paralyzed for hours in San Fran...
by asdff on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:49AM
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And for how many of their trips do they actually need a two tonne automobile instead of e.g. an electric rickshaw or golf cart? Sure not everyone can walk, not everyone can bike, but its still insane to think that for every trip most humans take, 95% of the energy consumed is going to just moving the vehicle around versus you.
Re:Driverless robotaxi fleet paralyzed for hours in San Fran...
by astrange on Friday July 01, 2022 @01:52AM
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Children and heavy groceries can use bike trailers as well.
Golf carts are definitely less dangerous but they still fail the “makes you out of shape” test. I’m going to make you exercise and you’re going to like it.
Re:Driverless robotaxi fleet paralyzed for hours in San Fran...
by asdff on Friday July 01, 2022 @07:00PM
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Definitely, but the context was about people who can't walk or bike presumably because issues with mobility. Getting in shape is important but if you can't move at all because of other health reasons, asking someone with terrible knees and no endurance to bike everywhere is not going to be realistic. They practically need paratransit.