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by linuxftw 2813 days ago
> Consider that most people never drive more than 10 miles from their home on a given day.

This is simply untrue if you're considering average commute distance of drivers in major cities.

> hefty price of owning, maintaining, and insuring a vehicle

These costs are highly variable, and many reasonable options are quite cheap.

I don't see self-driving cars catching on any time soon in the US. Possibly in Europe. I think they will be limited to smaller vehicles that operate in glorified bike lines, only on known routes.

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> This is simply untrue if you're considering average commute distance of drivers in major cities.

I'm sure that'd be correct if you'd said suburbs and rural areas, but according to this[0], the average commute for almost every major city is under 10 miles.

[0] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/here-are-the-typical-commu...