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You assume self-driving car will be cheaper, but there's no basis for that. Even when talking about self-driving trucks, it a regular truck that has more software. And it's like couple thousand dollars every time they want to move up an autonomy level. Meaning that trying to buy a self-driving car would be expensive. And it would be expensive for a company to have a lot of them. And if it's that expensive for a company to get them (and probably cost a pretty penny to maintain them), then it might not be cheap to ride in them, as well... All of those things as much less convenient than having a car, but still work well... And before you say something weird like "Why would you pay a self-driving car?" You wouldn't. You'd pay whoever owns it. For example, if you got a self-driving car from Uber, you would pay Uber... because that's just how things work... So, how expensive it is depends on how often you use it and the price. Buying a car could be much cheaper if you get a used car. Even new. Getting a car mean payments, but eventually those payments stop normally after a few years. Using self-driving Uber for 15 years can end up costing a lot more. Same with Zipcar. Because you never stop paying. Even just driving somewhere close cost you something...

When you leave your keys in the ignition, you get a soft beeping. And that's in certain positions. To the point where I have close my door with them in because I couldn't hear it. Or because it didn't make a sound. Not really an alarm. And not everywhere is full of cameras... Or working ones, at least. There are more than before. But I know many of my neighbors. And lots of them, for example, don't have any cameras. In certain housing areas, people sometimes have cameras. But sometimes, they don't. While there are some house owners around where I live, many rent. And so many of them couldn't get camera's installed because of that... Which is why Vivint was scouring the neighborhood some weeks ago. And you can tell teens not to fuck in the car, but they still will. Many use to do it because they couldn't at the their homes. Take away cars they can drive themselves, and they'll just fuck in a self-driving car. Possibly while moving. Teens sometimes do whatever they want... The problem is you'd basically have to send it in for cleaning after every ride. You never know what somebody else has. But they probably won't because that would actually be overwhelming if everybody had to use them... But I still agree with what I said earlier which is, "Basically, this idea is a dumb one with way too many flaws." And it's successful to a degree. But people aren't forced to use them. And all the cars have a human that can actually clean and spray as needed. It changes once there are no drivers. And literally everybody in the world needs one. The business model works now, but can easily change when it becomes way too much to handle. But it depends on if it actually gets to the point where people can't drive...

That's assuming It knows who the person is. People could easily make an account not using their real name. Like if someone if paranoid about giving out their name. Or if someone called someone else an Uber to pay for them. Maybe they don't get a good look at the person's face (mask, neck gaiter, balaclava, etc) while someone else called the Uber for them... any number of things... And even if they find the person, you might only get compensation for the phone. Which kind of sucks, as well... So, it might not be that easy to track down. And so far, I've only heard about level 4 autonomous services with Uber. Which means with a driver still... I found this article that says it's seems to have stalled for the past 2 years (written Nov 2020)... They themselves said level 5 was way off. So, they wanted level 5 "robo-taxis", but who knows when that'll be, if it ever happens... They were promised for 2020, and now they are a long way off... Or maybe it won't happen... Who knows? Here's the article, if you want to see it: https://www.autoweek.com/news/technology/a34728777/is-uber-giving-up-on-level-5-robo-taxis/
And the article above makes everything honestly sound like a nightmare. Like it'll be pricey for the company, and will be hard to make money or whatever. And Uber might be stuck with human drivers for while... According to the article, that is... So, there's that...

And as I explained above, it's not that's I'm not worried about the baby life. But I believe that 1.) the car will remind you of a passenger. And 2.) If you were already planning on taking the kid to daycare, the car would automatically go there. Says more about you when you try to twist what I'm saying. It that's you've been doing this whole time. Just makes you look bad, though... And you said yourself said the whole full driverless thing wouldn't happen for decades, as well. And Uber themselves say it far off. They said by 2020, and it's already changed. And it's apparently getting further away...

And switching to the Uber model has more cars on the road. There are already people who don't drive, so they use Uber. If you take away everybody else's ability to drive, you'll have tons of people on the road at once. Not to mention you would need extras for people needing rides. And to be used when others are dirty. And even before they stop regular drivers, you'd have them on the road, as well... That said, that's pretty far off because even Uber realizes that's too expensive. Even level 4 is apparently too expensive for certain areas...

The reason that things change from parking lot you use to a garage or driveway is more than one things. But one difference is payment. Most people don't worrying about paying on their own property. Some place have a payment. But when it's your own driveway or garage, you'll usually good. Also, it's not you property when you also have eyes on it all the time. Some people also leave stuff in their car for work, but they can also get it if they need it at home. There are many differences, which is why is doesn't work for the "scenario" I put forth. It's literally not the same as someone parking their car in a garage or driveway... I mean, it should be pretty self-explanatory... And you may not be completely right about that most people needed a garage or driveway. Really depends on the area. Many places have it where people can park on the side of the road. A driveway or garage is better. But it they don't want or need it, they could just get rid of it. I think people like having them if they have cars, though... Especially garages, since you can warm up your car with the garage door half open. But the car itself isn't as cold as it would have been if it was outside. Same for the heat, as well... But I also gave the option of shortening it. Which could also work. You'd still have a driveway, but it wouldn't take up as much space...
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