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So torn on this because I fall into the chest beating, love to drive my car set but I also remember how much reading I got done when I was younger and used to use the train to commute.

Having that time back is a very seductive proposition.

What I do wonder though is what's the point of having your own car, if all cars are autonomous then isn't that essentially a tram system? How long would it take before there are established routes and taking your car to a given location is no different to hopping on any one of the other cars that are heading there anyway?

Surely the one of the first businesses to be radically impacted by widespread autonomous vehicles is the taxi industry?

I can't see an outcome where pretty soon it's not just a fancy tramway.