AIBU to think we don’t want driverless taxis?

Yanbu at all, i completely agree!

Uber taking the piss really

Almost had to put my 16 year old dd into an uber this morning after she missed her bus. I would feel much safer putting her into a driverless car tbh.

One freak accident from a diverless doesn't negate all the studies and data that show it's safer. Once freak accidents occur, the company will adapt and learn so they don't happen again.

Given the choice I’d rather get in a driverless taxi. I’d just feel safer, from both it can’t be creepy to me perspective but also I worked at a taxi company years ago and issues with tired drivers etc, mistakes, I’d just rather go with the driverless ones

Are you talking about taxi drivers or driverless cabs?

They will be safer than cars driven by people. I have an electric car with incredible safety features. You can’t crash it. I trust these cars more than people.

@fruitbrewhaha I was involved in a crash in one of these recently. The car thought the boot was open and stopped dead in the road. Then another vehicle smashed into the back of us. There was absolutely nothing I as the driver could do to move the car once the computer overrode me. It was terrifying.

Obviously, I think there are issues with safety features that can go wrong and have no way of fully assessing the situation they are in. It's important to recognise they are not infallible machines.

And how do you hold machine mistakes leading to injury or death accountable? There's no individual responsibility, just corporations that absorb legal costs alongside generating immense profits.

Considering I work in publishing, arguably my industry is already being swamped by AI. Just like everyone else I’ll have to adapt or die! You’re not going to stop progress in technology by pointing out the unfairness of it.

I would be curious as to how many more times driverless cars have to be than human cars before they are accepted ?

100 times ?

1000 times ?

The accident rates for driverless cars are considerably lower. Unfortunately, it only takes one accident and people refuse to use them.

Well, I was initially against it but I have to agree that it’s probably safer for women to be in a driverless taxi than be in one driven by a man.

I was in a horrible car crash in a taxi as the taxi driver fell asleep at the wheel. Middle of the day, on the way to the airport. He missed going under a huge lorry by a few inches.

I could be dead right now because of an error of an overworked human. So I don't have much sympathy for your arguments.

Saying that I have only used an uber once in my life and that wasn’t a great experience. I prefer black taxis when I am in London.

I used a Waymo this summer on holiday in LA and it was brilliant.

I can’t wait to use one!

I'm surprised stuff like accountancy isn't entirely automated nowadays tbf.

The people coding Waymos have jobs. There's always been skilled jobs

Maybe trunking up and down the motorway, but a truck isn't going to do stuff like empty bins or open gates and assess whether the ground is safe etc.

Of course, you are right. Where will it end?
No one will have a job. Elon, Jeff and their ilk will have all the money and armies of robots, while everyone else is starving and on the streets.
Can’t wait.

People were concerned when the first automobiles came to London. Weren't they restricted to 8MPH and a man with a flag had to walk in front? I bet people were concerned about how they would replace the horse and carriage, putting all the ostlers out of work.

In an ideal world, I would like to go back to the days of lovely taxi drivers. We still have them where I live and they're very important part of the local community. Unfortunately, all the lovely ones don't work in the evenings (I've spoken to them quite a lot about why they don't work in the evenings, and I don't blame them).

So ironically, the safety issues that concern me with late night taxis would be solved by a driverless car.

Used them extensively in the US, felt safer than a human driving, no chance of the driver being tired, under the influence or losing concentration.

We all fly on planes that are 99% controlled by computers with the pilots just taking off & landing, monitoring instruments the rest of the time. Computers constantly adjust the controls to make it a smoother flight. 👍🏻

But US cities are nearly all planned on a grid system so are easier for driverless cars to navigate. I can't see how they'd safely manage on our winding old roads.

I wouldn't mind as a passenger if it had a speed limit of 20mph or maybe 30mph max.

I'd never use one. I can just imagine one malfunctioning and driving into the path of a lorry and there's nothing you could do.

It's London. They will end up being fucked about with by bored kids. Standing in front of them so they cant move. Climbing on them to get a free ride. People stripping them for parts. Perhaps even robbing the stranded passengers. Also, would you trust one to carry you and your children around?