Comments on: Financial Pros and Cons of Autonomous Self Driving Car Technology https://thefrugalgene.com/pros-self-driving-cars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pros-self-driving-cars Born To Help You Save Money Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.1 By: Frugal Fortunes https://thefrugalgene.com/pros-self-driving-cars/#comment-15957 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 02:39:23 +0000 https://thefrugalgene.com/?p=7828#comment-15957 Solid research and write-up on self-driving cars. I’ve researched the topic for over five years. The pros outweigh the cons… over 1 million lives a year will be saved with full automation (the World Health Organization reported 1.24 million deaths related to vehicles in 2010). You mentioned that new jobs will replace the lost driving jobs… but not quickly enough. There are over 3 million truck drives in the U.S. The rate of automation is alarming and leading to a new economic paradigm… https://frugalfortunes.com/universal-basic-income/

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By: Panda https://thefrugalgene.com/pros-self-driving-cars/#comment-4940 Sat, 24 Mar 2018 20:13:09 +0000 https://thefrugalgene.com/?p=7828#comment-4940 What’s sad is, if we gave everyone a self driving car, traffic would almost disappear. Computers know exactly when to accelerate, and when to stop. They are mind readers; they know what their fellow self driving cars are going to do and avoid collisions. They don’t get distracted. They drive at safe speeds and don’t cut turns too wide or miss them. But this isn’t possible unless, as I said, we give everyone an SD car.

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By: Lily https://thefrugalgene.com/pros-self-driving-cars/#comment-4593 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 07:39:20 +0000 https://thefrugalgene.com/?p=7828#comment-4593 In reply to Young FIRE Knight.

When there are driverless cars, I see absolutely no reason for us to own one and I hopeeee I’m not alone. It’s still going to be fairly expensive owning!

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By: Lily https://thefrugalgene.com/pros-self-driving-cars/#comment-4592 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 07:38:20 +0000 https://thefrugalgene.com/?p=7828#comment-4592 In reply to Mr. Groovy.

Good ol’ Seinfeld! Haha you’re the taxi driver of the relationship too?

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By: Lily https://thefrugalgene.com/pros-self-driving-cars/#comment-4591 Sat, 03 Mar 2018 07:36:47 +0000 https://thefrugalgene.com/?p=7828#comment-4591 In reply to Mrs. Adventure Rich.

The security does concern me. There was a hacker that hacked into his friends car remotely just to show him how easy it was to do it!

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By: Young FIRE Knight https://thefrugalgene.com/pros-self-driving-cars/#comment-4563 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 19:14:57 +0000 https://thefrugalgene.com/?p=7828#comment-4563 I’ve always been fascinated by this topic! Most times, I have driving (ie commuting/sitting in traffic) but sometimes I absolutely love it like when going on trips.

However, regardless of that I think that self driving cars are a much better alternative to what we currently have. There may be doubts and many questions unanswered, but the overall benefit will surely outweigh the costs.

One other thing to consider, would you even need to own a car? One would think services like uber/Lyft would only get cheaper (since paying drivers is their biggest cost!) meaning unless you absolutely needed one for long commutes it may be more cost effective to not own one!

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By: Mr. Groovy https://thefrugalgene.com/pros-self-driving-cars/#comment-4547 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 01:07:05 +0000 https://thefrugalgene.com/?p=7828#comment-4547 Cars suck. You never know when a “johnson rod” is going to blow. And, besides, Mrs. Groovy can’t drive. Can’t wait for driverless cars to arrive so I can relinquish my taxi service.

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By: Mrs. Adventure Rich https://thefrugalgene.com/pros-self-driving-cars/#comment-4545 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:58:27 +0000 https://thefrugalgene.com/?p=7828#comment-4545 I’ve always liked the idea of self-driving cars for the ease (I hate driving around!), but I do have technology/hacking questions. It will be interesting to see how things go over the next few years!

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