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Re:S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are... by snarfy on Friday July 14, 2023 @07:49PM (#36731541)
Cars externalize their problems. If cars internalized their problems the tailpipe would come out of the dashboard.
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Re:S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are... by Aeolun on Friday July 14, 2023 @08:41PM (#36731927)
While I enjoy the imagery, the same is true for buses.
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Re:S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are... by pja on Saturday July 15, 2023 @03:52AM (#36734564)
The metaphor doesn't work all well for tailpipe emissions, but the reality that cars externalise their impact is obviously true for things like congestion, the cost of road maintenance & so on.
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