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I'm a little behind on the podcast, but in the Abolish Jet Lag episode, Ben mentioned that he did no...
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I just remember there’s a controversy with him suggesting that self driving cars were the solution to traffic, but he was just describing a train
I mean, the comment you replied to only made a claim about traffic, not about safety.
Further, self-driving cars aren't a solution to anything, but just a perpetuation of the car-centric city model.
I don't agree that personal cars must be part of the solution. Car infrastructure, research and development begets more cars. More cars means fewer public transportation options because these things are mutually exclusive.
Automated cars provide little traffic advantage over driven cars, especially when considering the traffic they cause by driving around while empty.
As for safety, that depends a lot on implementation. There is a tension between safety and profit if regulations aren't strong enough, and I have no faith in tech companies that already have deaths on their hands due to their negligence in other aspects of their businesses to make good choices if they aren't forced to. Better than an automated car is reducing the number of cars overall since the car that isn't there can't hurt anyone.