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mike_c

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16. yes I would and likely will when self driving vehicles accumulate...

Reply to YoshidaYui (Original post)

Sun Jul 16, 2023, 02:12 PM

Jul 2023

...sufficient hours of safe operation in actual, working deployment. They might already have, for all I know. It's like flying. Would you strap yourself into a thin cylinder that cruises at 30,000 feet with no visible means of holding it up? Millions do, because on balance flight has proven safe. Not 100% safe, but safe enough to make the odds favorable.

I think self driving cars will achieve similar favorable odds in time, and when I think they're safe enough I'm sure I'll enjoy riding in them.

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QUESTION, WOULD you ride in a driverless car?? [View all] YoshidaYui Jul 2023 OP

Hard pass, I can just taste the fear of sitting in the back of that thing JuJuChen Jul 2023 #1

I Have heard the firetrucks and ambulances hate these things YoshidaYui Jul 2023 #2

I proudly display this bumper sticker musette_sf Jul 2023 #3

It depends. A shuttle type car on a prescribed route like Disney? lostnfound Jul 2023 #4

Yes, but not frequently Silent3 Jul 2023 #5

Not if I could help it. Iggo Jul 2023 #6

Absolutely not. MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2023 #7

Not enough corps wanting to guarantee upfront driver level safety uponit7771 Jul 2023 #8

have you seen my kid drive? same thing dembotoz Jul 2023 #9

But it can drive down Geary into the setting sun Sympthsical Jul 2023 #10

I don't even like to ride in a car with a driver. Midnight Writer Jul 2023 #11

woud you climb into a yellow cab in New York stopdiggin Jul 2023 #12

But, no. marble falls Jul 2023 #13

Not Yet ProfessorGAC Jul 2023 #14

Not yet... Wounded Bear Jul 2023 #15

yes I would and likely will when self driving vehicles accumulate... mike_c Jul 2023 #16

You're comparing apples and frying bacon grease. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2023 #20

When I see them in the city I drive far away from them ! kimbutgar Jul 2023 #17

right?? YoshidaYui Jul 2023 #18

For some things, I don't want to be first. SYFROYH Jul 2023 #19

Nope. n/t area51 Jul 2023 #21

Waymo Self Driving Taxi Goes Rogue: Blocks Traffic, Evades Capture JJRicks Rides With Waymo #54 YoshidaYui Jul 2023 #22

Maybe. KentuckyWoman Jul 2023 #23

Yes but probably only in low speed environments Arazi Jul 2023 #24

Nope DiverDave Jul 2023 #25

NO way. nt Raine Jul 2023 #26

Not if I could help it. IzzaNuDay Jul 2023 #27