Helsinki wants to create a mobility on demand system by 2025 which in theory would be so good nobody would need a car. Public transport would become so cheap and available that it will make the car pointless. They are designing an app for the smartphone. Most young people in Finland prefer public transport to get around and the car is not looked upon as that important. Remains to be seen if this will work, but that's the idea they are working on at the moment.
Presumably they'll have to be fitted with sensors so that they don't crash into stray pedestrians, but if they do what's to stop some idiots from deliberately walking in front of the traffic? I can imagine certain feckless teenager types that will think they are so cool that they can make the traffic stop.
Presumably they'll have to be fitted with sensors so that they don't crash into stray pedestrians, but if they do what's to stop some idiots from deliberately walking in front of the traffic? I can imagine certain feckless teenager types that will think they are so cool that they can make the traffic stop.
People do that in Woolwich now... Sitting on the bus by the station waiting to move but you cant because people just wander into the road.
Helsinki wants to create a mobility on demand system by 2025 which in theory would be so good nobody would need a car. Public transport would become so cheap and available that it will make the car pointless. They are designing an app for the smartphone. Most young people in Finland prefer public transport to get around and the car is not looked upon as that important. Remains to be seen if this will work, but that's the idea they are working on at the moment.
Which is great until you want to shift a wardrobe...
Helsinki wants to create a mobility on demand system by 2025 which in theory would be so good nobody would need a car. Public transport would become so cheap and available that it will make the car pointless. They are designing an app for the smartphone. Most young people in Finland prefer public transport to get around and the car is not looked upon as that important. Remains to be seen if this will work, but that's the idea they are working on at the moment.
Which is great until you want to shift a wardrobe...
I know a guy who can do that for you, for 40 quid.
Helsinki wants to create a mobility on demand system by 2025 which in theory would be so good nobody would need a car. Public transport would become so cheap and available that it will make the car pointless. They are designing an app for the smartphone. Most young people in Finland prefer public transport to get around and the car is not looked upon as that important. Remains to be seen if this will work, but that's the idea they are working on at the moment.
Which is great until you want to shift a wardrobe...
I know a guy who can do that for you, for 40 quid.
Thinking about it, if your driverless car knocks a pedestrian over, who's fault is it? Your's, Google's or the pedestrian? If you crash into a "driven" car, how do you determine fault? If 2 driverless cars crash, which one is at fault? It's a legal minefield - solicitors must be rubbing their hands with glee.
To keep this on track. LA, San Fran and lots of China already have fleets of driverless cars via Wayze which can be booked via the uber app. Its inevitable and may eventually lead to most not even bothering with car ownership in inner cities, but just calling for taxi. total cost of ownership would likely be lower than a car and stress free
Uber has said it is "ready to go" now with driverless taxis in the UK - but the government has put back the date it expects to approve fully self-driving vehicles.
The previous administration, external said fully autonomous cars were "set to be on roads by 2026", but the new government says it is now more likely to happen in the second half of 2027.
Yes. I’ve already said to my children (oldest is 17) that it’s probably not worth bothering. I reckon that driverless cars will be available to buy by 2030 or otherwise it’ll be more like all driverless cars are effectively like taxis.
Yes. I’ve already said to my children (oldest is 17) that it’s probably not worth bothering. I reckon that driverless cars will be available to buy by 2030 or otherwise it’ll be more like all driverless cars are effectively like taxis.
I read about this after the Brexit vote and at that time there were predictions that 80% of urban journeys would be completed by driverless cars in ten years time... so 2026/27.
We are behind that curve but the use case remains the same: why learn to drive and why invest £10-30K in a car that sits around most of the time when one can simply use an Uber App or competitor to summons a driverless car for any trip? And let's not forget fuel, maintenance and insurance.
It may soon become much, much cheaper to live in a built up area?
To keep this on track. LA, San Fran and lots of China already have fleets of driverless cars via Wayze which can be booked via the uber app. Its inevitable and may eventually lead to most not even bothering with car ownership in inner cities, but just calling for taxi. total cost of ownership would likely be lower than a car and stress free
Only in Shanghai, as far as I know, they’re also free to use
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If you owned one of these cars, how are you meant to get anywhere if you're not allowed inside it?
Public transport would become so cheap and available that it will make the car pointless. They are designing an app for the smartphone.
Most young people in Finland prefer public transport to get around and the car is not looked upon as that important.
Remains to be seen if this will work, but that's the idea they are working on at the moment.
...for 3 designated cities, for a trial period.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28551069
Uber has said it is "ready to go" now with driverless taxis in the UK - but the government has put back the date it expects to approve fully self-driving vehicles.
The previous administration, external said fully autonomous cars were "set to be on roads by 2026", but the new government says it is now more likely to happen in the second half of 2027.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8jg80j771zo
We are behind that curve but the use case remains the same: why learn to drive and why invest £10-30K in a car that sits around most of the time when one can simply use an Uber App or competitor to summons a driverless car for any trip? And let's not forget fuel, maintenance and insurance.
It may soon become much, much cheaper to live in a built up area?