Uber, Lyft drivers in Massachusetts form first US ride-share union

Re:Uber, Lyft drivers in Massachusetts form first US ride-sh... by qwerpy on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @03:09PM (#48284438)

You're technically correct of course, but the fact of the matter is every driver gets distracted/tired and having the FSD safety net only makes things safer, assuming you don't go out of your way to get distracted. I've lost count of the times I looked over at a "dumb" car being driven by someone on their phone. Would you rather that person be in a Tesla using FSD or in their Subaru Crosstrek?

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Re:Uber, Lyft drivers in Massachusetts form first US ride-sh... by Marsymars on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @04:56PM (#48285848)

I view this question pretty akin to “people are going to get rip-roaring drunk before driving, would you rather they do that in a Tesla or a Subaru?”

It’s not something I’m willing to accept either socially or morally.

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Re:Uber, Lyft drivers in Massachusetts form first US ride-sh... by qwerpy on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @05:21PM (#48286139)

Unfortunately, even if we'd prefer to not accept it, we live in a world where those people exist. So I hope that they are being driven by their self-driving car when they inevitably drink and drive or fall asleep at the wheel. And to mitigate the impact of the ones driving a non-self-driving car, I'm going to use my self-driving certified-safest car to drive my family around.

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Re:Uber, Lyft drivers in Massachusetts form first US ride-sh... by nradov on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @05:01PM (#48285910)

Crosstrek. The Subaru Eyesight system will automatically disengage after a few seconds with no driver input so it's safer.

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