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William. in reply to @gbj_tester

There will be just as much traffic, and just as much will be single-occupant 4-wheeled vehicles weighing nearly 2 tonnes each, it will just be autonomous and rented on demand. In fact, being chauffeured by a robot makes going by car much more attractive than it is now, so traffic should increase.

Yup. People are so predictably dumb.

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gbj_tester in reply to @William.

People are so predictably dumb

No, they're (mostly) predictably rational within the limits of their incomplete knowledge. It's not up to you to dictate what they value, and most car users would still use cars even if they had perfect knowledge of all the costs and benefits. Autonomous vehicles and financialisation from car as burdensome asset to car as service only reduce the costs to the user.

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William. in reply to @gbj_tester

most car users would still use cars even if they had perfect knowledge of all the costs and benefits

The people sitting in the two miles of solid traffic on my street know they could make their journey faster and for free on foot. Maybe some of them know this. Some might be aware of the carcinogenic effects of their emissions. All subgroups are equally thick.

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