Why is this a hypothetical future scenario? AFAIK, Google is perfectly capable of doing that even now, with route finding/guidance on Google Maps.
What If Your Autonomous Car Keeps Routing You Past Krispy Kreme?
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#12Honestly if autonomous cars can reduce even 10% of accidents caused by drunk driving and other human errors then they will have payed their way and more.
But speaking of paying, self driving cars also won't speed, turn right on red without a full stop, etc. Which means traffic tickets would be a thing of the past, along with the revenue they bring in.
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#13Honestly if autonomous cars can reduce even 10% of accidents caused by drunk driving and other human errors then they will have payed their way and more.
Actually assuming 190 million licensed drivers (although drunks kill all manner of people, including themselves) and 10K drinking related deaths per year (how many are caused by drunks as opposed to would have happened anyway with at least one driver who happens to be drunk?)
Anyway assuming all victims loose 100 years of life...
10e3/190e6 * 24 * 365 * 100 * 0.1 = a delta of 4.6 hrs/day so I think your hyperbole is pretty much mathematically correct.
Our local krispie kreme closed, so the next closest is about 100 miles away, so if a "driveby" was purchased for me, it could actually burn up 4 or 5 hours of my time, especially during rush hour.
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#14Honestly if autonomous cars can reduce even 10% of accidents caused by drunk driving and other human errors then they will have payed their way and more.
But speaking of paying, self driving cars also won't speed, turn right on red without a full stop, etc. Which means traffic tickets would be a thing of the past, along with the revenue they bring in.
At the same time policing costs would decrease dramatically.
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#15Honestly if autonomous cars can reduce even 10% of accidents caused by drunk driving and other human errors then they will have payed their way and more.
But speaking of paying, self driving cars also won't speed, turn right on red without a full stop, etc. Which means traffic tickets would be a thing of the past, along with the revenue they bring in.
Who is responsible for paying the fine if the self-driving car breaks the law?
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#16This brings up very interesting ideas and questions that will happen with autonomous cars. Routes and retail along those routes will enter a new era. Building a store you have to take into account algorithms of the vehicles. Slight changes to a widely used system could shut down a business faster than individual human choice (although it may also make other businesses seen more as it distributes traffic across more r…
I don't see any reason to believe why you are in any less control with a autonomous car. If anything, you would be in more control because making that quick decision turn into McDonalds would be as stressful as pushing a button.
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#17Honestly if autonomous cars can reduce even 10% of accidents caused by drunk driving and other human errors then they will have payed their way and more.
But speaking of paying, self driving cars also won't speed, turn right on red without a full stop, etc. Which means traffic tickets would be a thing of the past, along with the revenue they bring in.
Driving while black, failure to provide proof of ..., tail light out.
If a cop declares "your" car's driving was reckless or too fast for conditions, how exactly do you fight that in court?
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#18Better yet, would you trade ads and impulse buys for free rides?
So you never have to own a car, but every time you go anywhere your car is actively trying to get you to spend time and money doing things you normally wouldn't do -- play online games, visit donut shops, and so on. Would that be worth never having to own a car?
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
But speaking of paying, self driving cars also won't speed, turn right on red without a full stop, etc. Which means traffic tickets would be a thing of the past, along with the revenue they bring in.
Driving while black, failure to provide proof of ..., tail light out. If a cop declares "your" car's driving was reckless or too fast for conditions, how exactly do you fight that in court?
You could probably fight it in court with the electronic logs that would presumably be present in a self-driving car.
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#20This isn't that scary, in situations where the passenger does not own the vehicle the route is probably going to be shown to them on the device that they use to request the car, so there is plenty of opportunity for a negotiated route (rather than a route determined strictly by the vehicle/operator). The trick is convincing enough people that they should pay attention to the route they pay for.
This already doesn't work with human powered autonomous vehicles aka taxi cab.