Uber Wants to Make It Illegal to Operate Your Own Self-Driving Car in Cities
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#2i want to say something along the lines of, “Oh how quickly the disruptor becomes the regulator,” but really isn’t it a bit early in the autonomous vehicle game to pull the proverbial ladder up behind you? Besides, given the likely cost of such vehicles, even when they really exist, they’re not going to be in most households.
Killing competition that doesn’t exist in a tech space that may be decades away from bearing fruit. Uber.
Re: Uber Wants to Make It Illegal to Operate Your Own Self-Driving Car in Cities
#3I suppose someone will call me out as alarmist, but this sounds almost like the first step into a dystopian movie.
Ban personal self driving cars, then when the fleets outnumber personal non-self-driving cars, ban them too.
Presto...big brother now knows where you are, all the time. (Yes, I get that cell phones serve that purpose now, but the workaround is pretty easy)
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#4I suppose someone will call me out as alarmist, but this sounds almost like the first step into a dystopian movie. Ban personal self driving cars, then when the fleets outnumber personal non-self-driving cars, ban them too. Presto...big brother now knows where you are, all the time. (Yes, I get that cell phones serve that purpose now, but the workaround is pretty easy)
I think that's a bit overly alarmist, there could certainly be competition in this space. _But_ this is an absolutely despicable move on Uber's part that would slow the adoption of self-driving vehicles to prop up their own (at that point failing) business model.
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#5How ridiculous.
At some point you drive enough to warrant not having a middle man between you and a car. This really does not need to be regulated. Just let people make their own economic decisions.
Not to forget, some people also like or need to keep belongings in their car.
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#6> Due to the transformational potential of autonomous vehicle technology, it is critical that all AVs are part of shared fleets, well-regulated, and zero emission. Shared fleets can provide more affordable access to all, maximize public safety and emissions benefits, ensure that maintenance and software upgrades are managed by professionals, and actualize the promise of reductions in vehicles, parking, and congestion, in line with broader policy trends to reduce the use of personal cars in dense urban areas.
Sounds reasonable to me, imagine how much premium land could be unlocked if car parks were relegated to a thing of the past? Not to mention adding more throughput on smaller urban streets choked with parking.
Or god forbid, more cycling lanes . . .
Re: Uber Wants to Make It Illegal to Operate Your Own Self-Driving Car in Cities
#7I suppose someone will call me out as alarmist, but this sounds almost like the first step into a dystopian movie. Ban personal self driving cars, then when the fleets outnumber personal non-self-driving cars, ban them too. Presto...big brother now knows where you are, all the time. (Yes, I get that cell phones serve that purpose now, but the workaround is pretty easy)
I think that's a bit overly alarmist, there could certainly be competition in this space. _But_ this is an absolutely despicable move on Uber's part that would slow the adoption of self-driving vehicles to prop up their own (at that point failing) business model.
"there could certainly be competition in this space"
I was assuming governments forcing all fleets to share data. Probably via some "safety / think of the children / OMG terrorists" bill.
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#8i want to say something along the lines of, “Oh how quickly the disruptor becomes the regulator,” but really isn’t it a bit early in the autonomous vehicle game to pull the proverbial ladder up behind you? Besides, given the likely cost of such vehicles, even when they really exist, they’re not going to be in most households. Killing competition that doesn’t exist in a tech space that may be decades away from bearing…
At least they're proactive. >.<
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#9> Due to the transformational potential of autonomous vehicle technology, it is critical that all AVs are part of shared fleets, well-regulated, and zero emission. Shared fleets can provide more affordable access to all, maximize public safety and emissions benefits, ensure that maintenance and software upgrades are managed by professionals, and actualize the promise of reductions in vehicles, parking, and congestion…
> it is critical that all AVs are part of shared fleets, well-regulated, and zero emission.
Nope.
> Shared fleets can provide more affordable access to all, ...
Nope. Dressing up a monopoly as more efficient, is not fooling anyone anymore.
Re: Uber Wants to Make It Illegal to Operate Your Own Self-Driving Car in Cities
#10i want to say something along the lines of, “Oh how quickly the disruptor becomes the regulator,” but really isn’t it a bit early in the autonomous vehicle game to pull the proverbial ladder up behind you? Besides, given the likely cost of such vehicles, even when they really exist, they’re not going to be in most households. Killing competition that doesn’t exist in a tech space that may be decades away from bearing…
Agreed, wouldn't it match their business model to just demand interoperability, and maybe subsidies to get autonomous vehicles into the hands of people who'd take the risk of buying and insuring them to ferry Uber fares around?