| ▲ | behnamoh 2 days ago |
| Imagine having a vehicle with +680 hp (or 1000 hp in case of Rivian quad) and then drive it autonomously... sigh where's the fun in that? |
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| ▲ | filoleg 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| There is nothing fun about sitting in traffic on your commute to/from work, and neither there is much fun in doing long-distance driving in a straight line on highway for hours on end (regardless of the horsepower). That's what autonomous driving is for imo. There is a lot of fun in driving a high-hp car on track or offroad or in some not-much-populated area or in plenty of other scenarios. That's where using autonomous driving mode would feel preposterous to me. |
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| ▲ | octorian 2 days ago | parent [-] | | > There is nothing fun about sitting in traffic on your commute to/from work, and neither there is much fun in doing long-distance driving in a straight line on highway for hours on end And I wish this would be more broadly recognized. Every time there's a story about someone important freaking out about something related to autonomous driving, I'm at least somewhat afraid they'll use it as justification to deny me access to it for those specific use cases. And honestly, those are the only use cases I really care about or feel comfortable with right now. Of course my car is also too old to support much more than that. | | |
| ▲ | duskdozer a day ago | parent [-] | | Miserable commutes were already solved with remote work for all who can and want. Fewer drivers makes for a better commute for those remaining |
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| ▲ | TulliusCicero 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| How much fun is it actually to drive around doing daily errands or commuting? Personally, I look at the 40,000 people killed each year in traffic crashes in the US, and I think, the sooner we all stop driving (on public roads) the better. |
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| ▲ | PunchyHamster 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Yeah, let's not train people properly, better give techbros more money | | |
| ▲ | ribosometronome 2 days ago | parent [-] | | What evidence is there that we can train people to be better drivers? We've got a century of effort and it seems the bulk of road death prevention has come from improved, and more expensive, design. | | |
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| ▲ | cyberax 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| You make a good argument in favor of not allowing 680hp light vehicles on public roads. |
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