Unexpected Consequences of Self-Driving Cars
I had to stop reading because the blog poster&#x27;s level of thinking is really superficial.<p>If you&#x27;re going to think completely autonomous self-driving cars, why the hell would you bother with things like parking?  Why would I even bother &quot;owning&quot; a car?  What the more reasonable approach is time-sharing of multiple vehicles, like Uber.<p>So instead of worrying about parking, you order a car, and it picks you up, and then you get dropped off.  It drives off and services other customers.  Then, when it comes time to get driven home, you order another car that comes and picks you up.  You only pay for the car while it&#x27;s driving you, not while it&#x27;s sitting there doing nothing.<p>Or, if you did own the car, when you are not using it, it could go off and service other people and earn you money, and then return to pick you up.<p>And why would you go to Starbucks to pick up your own coffee?  Why not send a self-driving car through the special self-driving car drivethru to pick up the coffee and return it to you?  It could wireless transmit the order and payment details for you, and have a special slot for the coffee or food order.<p>Seriously, the article is really superficial thinking when it comes to self-driving cars.