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Good lord this nonsense again? Talk about out of touch. The only people who don't own cars are homeless people and otherwise simple folk.
Never lived in a big city have you? Even in Minneapolis I knew a few classmates that sold their cars. They lived a short walk from the bus line to work, a short walk to the Grocery store. Most of them bought cars again after they took a different job that required it, or got married and moved out of the urban complex.
The car is your freedom, I cant see everyone giving that up.
Yes, in some urban areas it might be a luxury, but live where I do, and its not.
I tend to keep my vehicles long time by maintaining them. Once you pay them off, they are valuable as transportation.
I have two I could pass down to my heirs right now if I wanted to, but they also have their own vehicles. There's no hurry to give up cars in my family.
Never lived in a big city have you? Even in Minneapolis I knew a few classmates that sold their cars. They lived a short walk from the bus line to work, a short walk to the Grocery store. Most of them bought cars again after they took a different job that required it, or got married and moved out of the urban complex.
No “big” cities. Just Jacksonville Fl, Orlando, Houston, Memphis, Chicago, and Tokyo.
Otherwise exactly. Everybody knows some kids who uses a bus once. What you don’t see is a family taking a bus. There’s a reason SUV’s are so popular.
Hmmm, what about the police and giving citations if people do not have cars. They'll be issuing citations for noise violations, loitering, littering, public disturbances, you name it. And would a driverless car be able to be given a citation if it crossed a double line or failed to yield or exceeded the speed limit?
The car is here to stay but these are some interesting things to think about.
It's hard to beat the personal security you get with private transportation, even in an area with mass transit.
It isn't like US cities are as orderly as Tokyo.
In terms of police, it's a thing I've thought about. In a world of robot cars, 1/2 of the job of police (maybe more) disappears.
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