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Good public transit > self driving cars
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this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2025
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These are hurdles that will need to be overcome, a required service schedule would probably achieve most of this though.
Most people will quite happily drive cars believing they are fine - I will often drive a car and have to point out to friends that their brakes are worn, or their tyres are unsafe, the majority of people driving unsafe cars aren't choosing to ignore safety issues, they don't know that they're unsafe in the first place. A computer that can look at the general trend in vibration or engine and braking efficiency would be a vast improvement for the majority of car drivers
I used to work with a guy whose base model Lancer died because he literally didn’t know you had to change the oil. At some point I’m not even sure guant warning lights can help some people.
There’s also the fact that poverty is a thing and places like the US, which has a LOT of it, also seem deadset on eliminating and obstructing affordable and good public transit. Many people don’t have clapped out garbage because they want to but because they can’t afford to fix it.