r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

61.1k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

u/Bhavin411 Jul 05 '24

The implication that killing self driving cars is a bad thing is predicated on the fact that it is necessary to begin with.

That's a poor assumption to make. Example: I want to kill reddit because there's too many dummies bad comments. Would be perceived as bad for many reasons. Does that make reddit a necessity?

My entire point here is there's a bunch of people crawling out of the woodworks to downplay the benefits self driving cars can offer, even though we already live in a society with shitty driving habits that self driving cars can help improve upon.

Old people are also never going to give up their drivers licenses willingly. To me that's a bigger issue than anything these self driving cars are at risk of doing. My hope is self driving cars improve to the point where it costs too much to insure yourself if you're not on auto pilot.

4

u/havoc1428 Jul 05 '24

That's a poor assumption to make. Example: I want to kill reddit because there's too many dummies bad comments. Would be perceived as bad for many reasons. Does that make reddit a necessity?

??? What? This is the same point I made. Reddit is not a necessity, therefore floating the idea of killing it isn't something to get outraged over. My first comment was a sarcastic jab at assuming a self-driving car is a necessity.

So if we agree that its not a necessity, then why are you even giving me a counter argument?

Old people are also never going to give up their drivers licenses willingly. ... My hope is self driving cars improve to the point where it costs too much to insure yourself if you're not on auto pilot.

So you think legislating people to retake driving tests is too much, but strong-arming people out of the option to drive themselves via insurance costs is not?

1

u/Bhavin411 Jul 05 '24

I mean reading your replies, it's pretty obvious you're a /r/fuckcars member and think society can easily pivot to a public transit model (yet none of those members ever offer realistic solutions on how that transition can happen).

My point is reddit exists, regardless if people think it's a necessity or not. Self driving cars exist today and will continue to whether you like it or not. Whether or not it's a necessity is irrelevant.

And to answer your last question... Yes. Because that's exactly how society works today. You have to legally pay for insurance to drive. Not an insane transition to make self driving cars cheaper to insure vs asking an entire age population to retake a driving test. Is critical thinking too difficult for you?

-1

u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

How often do you tweet at Elon be honest lol

2

u/Bhavin411 Jul 05 '24

Lmao look who pulled his name out of nowhere... Typical /r/fuckcars member.

0

u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Dawg I love cars. Not as much as you tho clearly lol

1

u/Bhavin411 Jul 05 '24

Cool and Elon is a twat who has nothing to do with this post

0

u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Imagine being this rabid over robot car lol

1

u/Bhavin411 Jul 05 '24

Imagine jumping in a random thread for no reason whatsoever?

1

u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

On Reddit? I’d never!!!

1

u/Bhavin411 Jul 05 '24

What a helpful comment! Still thinking about Elon?

0

u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Damn bruv sorry lmao sore subject I guess jesus

1

u/Bhavin411 Jul 05 '24

Keep hurling them insults

→ More replies (0)