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Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse
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this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2023
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Investing won't change the fact that personal cars are a superior form or transport for the majority of people for the majority of the time.
The cat is out of the bag and it's never going in again.
No, they really are not. They're slower (because they cause you to wait for all the other cars, and also they generally physically slower than all rail based options too), they pollute more, and they suck to drive and be in.
I'd much rather sit around on a nice train or something and read, play games, or whatever leasure activity I want. If you're driving a car you need to be focused on driving. If you're a passenger in public transport you be productive or enjoy it, and you can even stand up and stuff if you need to. Trains even often will have food/drink options too, as well as restrooms and possibly even beds. You can literally go to the bar, drink, and sleep all while getting to your destination. Convince me a car is better than that.
Nope. I took a train to pick up a car and drove back two weeks ago (selling the existing car got me a better deal than trading in, so I was briefly carless). The car was faster because I didn't have to change three times and I could actually go directly to where I wanted to go. Instead of waiting and waiting and then having to walk the last part in the sun.
This was a real journey I did. This was my real experience. It sucked.
I used to use public transport daily back in the day and I fucking hated it.
My car is electric.
Air conditioned, comfortable faux leather seats that didn't have stains on them, I got sit down for the entire journey, I wasn't bothered by strangers, I went directly to my destination.
No crackhead came over with some bullshit sob story asking for money.
It didn't smell bad. It wasn't stupidly hot as the air conditioning was actually effective.
The driver assistance features made the journey somewhat pleasant and I was noticeably more refreshed on arrival than the leg of the journey with public transport.
Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed talking to that addict. I concede that was a highlight of the day /s
If you want to spend literally double the market rate and risk losing your seat when you get up, sure.
Service stations are a thing.
I don't have to. I stopped taking public transport when I got a licence 20 years ago and it's very rare that I use it anymore.
There's several reasons for that. It was a choice I made and I do not regret at all.
With the car I can just get to where I actually want to go in one go.
I'm not saying a car is universally better in every possible way that you can come up with (yes, maybe you can sleep on public transport if you're brave enough) and maybe investment will solve some of the issues, but the benefits of the car are far better than public transport ever will be.
Remember, I did public transport on the daily for several years. Never again.
You have the entirely wrong takeaway from this lol. Knowing how bad public transportation is should make you want to strive for changes, not add to the problem by clogging up the roads.