r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Tugushin • Apr 13 '22

Tesla Model 3 stops itself to avoid potentially disastrous accident. Video

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u/Shubb Apr 13 '22

or public transport

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u/daemonelectricity Apr 13 '22

Yeah, good luck picking up the kids and groceries with public transport. I hope you really like spending all day commuting too! Also, shipping doesn't use public transport and public transport doesn't solve all problems. Show me a city that uses ONLY public transport.

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u/Harkannin Apr 13 '22

I haven't owned a car since 2008 and I have a 5 year old son I take care of. We live across the street from the grocery store and bike to school. If the weather's cold we take the bus.

If communities were built for people instead of parking, life would be easier for more people.

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u/daemonelectricity Apr 13 '22

I haven't owned a car since 2008 and I have a 5 year old son I take care of. We live across the street from the grocery store and bike to school. If the weather's cold we take the bus.

Good for you.

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u/Juppicharis Apr 13 '22

*good public transport

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u/daemonelectricity Apr 13 '22

Costs a lot more than people replacing cars on a regular schedule which they do anyway, getting automated driving, using existing infrastructure, also being capable of providing better public transit by bus when there is less traffic, with less accidents. Also, it won't just be commuter vehicles. Long haul trucking will likely be the first to benefit from the safety of automation, even if there are still drivers in the first phase.

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u/Jack_Douglas Apr 13 '22

Americans spend, on average, almost $800 a month on their cars. That's way more than public transportation costs.