▲ 558 ▼ San Francisco protestors are disabling autonomous vehicles using traffic cones | "It's a great time" (www.techspot.com) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 188 comments fedilink hide all child comments Safe Streets Rebel's protest comes after automatic vehicles were blamed for incidents including crashing into a bus and running over a dog. City officials in June said...
[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) It's not if I'm arguing that self driving taxis are stupid permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SCB@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Self driving taxis aren't stupid. They better fit the existing infrastructure within America. Taxis as a whole generally serve a different market function than public transportation in the US. Im all for gutting zoning, and building dense, walkable cities, full of public transportation free at POS - but that's not the world we live in. Self-driving taxis are such a massive net boon for people that it's not even a comparison to the alternative permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago On that I will agree, but I still stand that self driving taxis are stupid. BUT, they are necessary due to how NA cities are built, and getting rid of them would require many other changes as well permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SCB@lemmy.world -2 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Self driving taxis aren't stupid. They better fit the existing infrastructure within America. Taxis as a whole generally serve a different market function than public transportation in the US. Im all for gutting zoning, and building dense, walkable cities, full of public transportation free at POS - but that's not the world we live in. Self-driving taxis are such a massive net boon for people that it's not even a comparison to the alternative permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago On that I will agree, but I still stand that self driving taxis are stupid. BUT, they are necessary due to how NA cities are built, and getting rid of them would require many other changes as well permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dustojnikhummer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago On that I will agree, but I still stand that self driving taxis are stupid. BUT, they are necessary due to how NA cities are built, and getting rid of them would require many other changes as well permalink fedilink source parent