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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by ceejayoz on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @03:49PM (#4351900)
My wife sees a neurosurgeon who's an eight hour round trip away. I've driven her there and back at least six times this year.

With a Google car, I'd a) be able to send her by herself and b) even if I had to come, I could work on the way, meaning I'd have more than a week's worth of vacation/sick time restored.

Yes, I'd happily accept ads.

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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by tedunangst on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @04:49PM (#4352209)
You could also hire a limo. I suppose in the future you'll be able to rent a google car for a day, but you don't have to wait for self-driving cars. They're here today, the self just happens to be a human.
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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by ericd on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @04:56PM (#4352254)
That's not really reasonably cost effective for most people.
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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by ams6110 on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @07:56PM (#4353059)
Having a full-time driver on retainer 24x7 is not cost effective, but using one a few times a year might well be.
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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by ericd on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @10:06PM (#4359158)
For an 8 hour drive? Still not true, especially with a limo.
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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by sp332 on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @05:20PM (#4352367)
Neither is a Google car, though. Adding self-driving requires five figures, probably even in production.
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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by danweber on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @06:36PM (#4352761)
I think $10,000 is a big over-estimate, but even that would be spread out over the life of the car. I'd happily pay $1000 a year to not have to worry about driving.
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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by tedunangst on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @07:20PM (#4352914)
I'd happily pay $1000 a year for a car that doesn't drive itself.
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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by ceejayoz on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @05:23PM (#4352375)
A limo with a driver is always going to be fairly expensive. A self-driving car should come down in price a lot faster.
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