Tesla on autopilot rear ends motorcycle on freeway, killing rider
I always think it&#x27;s weird how instead of just improving public transit, we&#x27;ve all become fixated on self driving vehicles. Good transit would mean most people don&#x27;t need to operate a vehicle while having a plethora of other benefits like combating climate change and more efficient land use (if you live in a suburb, take note of the sheer amount land dedicated to parking; it&#x27;s often more land than the store for retail).<p>The problem is kind of similar to people who insist on some overly complicated microservice architecture when a monolith would be a much better fit. I actually hope that self driving technology stagnates, at least until we can start designing cities for people and not just cars.<p>I live near where the accident occurred and there is definitely sufficient population to support alternatives to driving.