comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted about a minute ago
Go do the knowledge of London and become a licensed black cab driver.
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That could also become redundant in the future.

Apart from undertaker's every job will have a life span.

comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 19 minutes ago
Go do the knowledge of London and become a licensed black cab driver.
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Racist.

The sense of ownership humans have with their cars means there will always be a market. A £30k investment in a vehicles sees people viewing their car as an extension of their home (which partly explains the weird mentality people have on the roads).

Unless public transport costs reduce drastically, services and reliability improves it will always be the cheaper & efficient option for the average Joe

I love my car more than life itself.

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 1 minute ago
I love my car more than life itself.
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Me too, I’m always cleaning it inside as well coz I’m very OCD

I just love how much they’ve developed over the last 10-20 years too. It’s not a steering wheel and gear stick anymore.

I enjoy driving as well. I just hate everyone else on the road

I hate cars.

Hate climbing in and out of them (I insist there is no dignified way of doing this, no matter who you are or what car it is).

Hate trying to find the seatbelt slot.

Nothing worse than getting in a car on a freezing cold day.

Exact maybe a stupidly loud car (or motorbike) going past while I'm minding my own business and trying to listen to Audible.

comment by Lucious Lyon (U11781)
posted 3 minutes ago
I just love how much they’ve developed over the last 10-20 years too. It’s not a steering wheel and gear stick anymore.
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They've lost their looks and their soul though

comment by Jalisco Red - Gimme Hope Onana (U4195)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Lucious Lyon (U11781)
posted 3 minutes ago
I just love how much they’ve developed over the last 10-20 years too. It’s not a steering wheel and gear stick anymore.
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They've lost their looks and their soul though
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Eh? They look even more gorgeous now than they did in the 80/90’s

comment by Lucious Lyon (U11781)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Jalisco Red - Gimme Hope Onana (U4195)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Lucious Lyon (U11781)
posted 3 minutes ago
I just love how much they’ve developed over the last 10-20 years too. It’s not a steering wheel and gear stick anymore.
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They've lost their looks and their soul though
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Eh? They look even more gorgeous now than they did in the 80/90’s
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Not a chance.

They all look the same now. All the same sleek curves and no character.

Apart from the Cybertruck, obviously.

comment by Erik Sean (U22339)
posted 16 minutes ago
The sense of ownership humans have with their cars means there will always be a market. A £30k investment in a vehicles sees people viewing their car as an extension of their home (which partly explains the weird mentality people have on the roads).

Unless public transport costs reduce drastically, services and reliability improves it will always be the cheaper & efficient option for the average Joe
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Current generations have a love for car ownership. The generations who come through with this technology might not though.

Personally, I don't care much for cars. Just see it as an asset that is currently essential to modern life. If it becomes an asset I don't need as it is cheaper to hire a driverless one, I'd quite happily not own one.

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Erik Sean (U22339)
posted 16 minutes ago
The sense of ownership humans have with their cars means there will always be a market. A £30k investment in a vehicles sees people viewing their car as an extension of their home (which partly explains the weird mentality people have on the roads).

Unless public transport costs reduce drastically, services and reliability improves it will always be the cheaper & efficient option for the average Joe
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Current generations have a love for car ownership. The generations who come through with this technology might not though.

Personally, I don't care much for cars. Just see it as an asset that is currently essential to modern life. If it becomes an asset I don't need as it is cheaper to hire a driverless one, I'd quite happily not own one.
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What I’ve noticed since covid is the average “starting” age for students is early to mid 20s. No longer are parents pushing kids to get their license at 18. Partly to do with costs, partly because it isn’t needed at university.

Most instructors will have a waiting list of 15-20 students which is a lot when they only need to tick over a comfortable wage with 12-15 students per week.

There is plenty of demand

comment by Erik Sean (U22339)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Erik Sean (U22339)
posted 16 minutes ago
The sense of ownership humans have with their cars means there will always be a market. A £30k investment in a vehicles sees people viewing their car as an extension of their home (which partly explains the weird mentality people have on the roads).

Unless public transport costs reduce drastically, services and reliability improves it will always be the cheaper & efficient option for the average Joe
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Current generations have a love for car ownership. The generations who come through with this technology might not though.

Personally, I don't care much for cars. Just see it as an asset that is currently essential to modern life. If it becomes an asset I don't need as it is cheaper to hire a driverless one, I'd quite happily not own one.
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What I’ve noticed since covid is the average “starting” age for students is early to mid 20s. No longer are parents pushing kids to get their license at 18. Partly to do with costs, partly because it isn’t needed at university.

Most instructors will have a waiting list of 15-20 students which is a lot when they only need to tick over a comfortable wage with 12-15 students per week.

There is plenty of demand
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Aye I got my license at 22

comment by Erik Sean (U22339)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Erik Sean (U22339)
posted 16 minutes ago
The sense of ownership humans have with their cars means there will always be a market. A £30k investment in a vehicles sees people viewing their car as an extension of their home (which partly explains the weird mentality people have on the roads).

Unless public transport costs reduce drastically, services and reliability improves it will always be the cheaper & efficient option for the average Joe
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Current generations have a love for car ownership. The generations who come through with this technology might not though.

Personally, I don't care much for cars. Just see it as an asset that is currently essential to modern life. If it becomes an asset I don't need as it is cheaper to hire a driverless one, I'd quite happily not own one.
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What I’ve noticed since covid is the average “starting” age for students is early to mid 20s. No longer are parents pushing kids to get their license at 18. Partly to do with costs, partly because it isn’t needed at university.

Most instructors will have a waiting list of 15-20 students which is a lot when they only need to tick over a comfortable wage with 12-15 students per week.

There is plenty of demand
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I know there is at the moment. I'm talking about 10 years in the future when technology has advanced. I'm not sure why that is so difficult to grasp.

It's like someone from Blockbuster telling me there is plenty of demand for DVD rentals in 2004 when someone asked if it was future proof with upcoming streaming technology.

comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 8 minutes ago
comment by Erik Sean (U22339)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Erik Sean (U22339)
posted 16 minutes ago
The sense of ownership humans have with their cars means there will always be a market. A £30k investment in a vehicles sees people viewing their car as an extension of their home (which partly explains the weird mentality people have on the roads).

Unless public transport costs reduce drastically, services and reliability improves it will always be the cheaper & efficient option for the average Joe
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Current generations have a love for car ownership. The generations who come through with this technology might not though.

Personally, I don't care much for cars. Just see it as an asset that is currently essential to modern life. If it becomes an asset I don't need as it is cheaper to hire a driverless one, I'd quite happily not own one.
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What I’ve noticed since covid is the average “starting” age for students is early to mid 20s. No longer are parents pushing kids to get their license at 18. Partly to do with costs, partly because it isn’t needed at university.

Most instructors will have a waiting list of 15-20 students which is a lot when they only need to tick over a comfortable wage with 12-15 students per week.

There is plenty of demand
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I know there is at the moment. I'm talking about 10 years in the future when technology has advanced. I'm not sure why that is so difficult to grasp.

It's like someone from Blockbuster telling me there is plenty of demand for DVD rentals in 2004 when someone asked if it was future proof with upcoming streaming technology.
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The cost of a driverless car is far more than the cost of an ICE car. Electric cars have been on the market for well over a decade yet the vast majority of the public cannot even afford that.
The whole appeal of a car is the new life options and independence it brings.

The DVD rental comparison doesn’t really stack up when the cost of streaming was always close to the cost of rental.
You could perhaps compare driverless vehicles with public transport. It’s more a danger to bus/train drivers in the near future than it is instructors.

Driverless cars are years away.

For the tech to work it will have to start with dedicated corridors, probably parts of commuter routes. I honestly can't see them being universal for another 25 years.

They put an electric train system across the new bridge to Montreal. No drivers.

"London's second rapid-transit system, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), has operated with driverless trains since its opening in 1987."

I knew the DLR was driverless – but 1987??? Was it controlled by a Commodore Amiga?

comment by Jalisco Red - Gimme Hope Onana (U4195)
posted 1 minute ago
"London's second rapid-transit system, the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), has operated with driverless trains since its opening in 1987."

I knew the DLR was driverless – but 1987??? Was it controlled by a Commodore Amiga?
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Was weird the first time I took it. I was sitting at the front and looking out the front window for about 5 minutes before it dawned on me that I shouldn't be able to do that.

Been on the DLR afew times, never realised it was driverless.

the absolute state of Britain these days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U0wQPMwvVc

comment by Peks - Wolverine “the terror of the North” (U6618)
posted 30 minutes ago
the absolute state of Britain these days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U0wQPMwvVc
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U shud look intoo moovin 2 Russia

All the plastic trays u cud ever need

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