Airlines Should Fear Self-Driving Cars

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by WMCRUN • 7 years ago

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clintonb• 7 years ago

I'll stick to the plane.

Option A: Drive to the airport, check in, wait in security lines with hundreds of other people, experience a delay, eat unhealthy food, experience another delay, all while contemplating why bottled water costs 3x the normal price, and then buying it anyway.

Here is my experience: I take a Lyft to the airport, wait less than 15 minutes (because I have TSA Pre), don't often have a delay more than 30 minutes, eat the unhealthy food (because that's what I do when I travel), and refill my own reusable water bottle.

Option B: Get in your AV, stretch out, relax, read, work and then lie flat to sleep, only waking up when your car announces that you’ve arrived at your destination.

When I read this all I see is: Be in a cramped car for 10 hours instead of resting in a comfortable bed after a 2-3 hour flight.

We already have drivers. They work for Greyhound. That experience sucks. Amtrak is a better experience than the bus, but, the last I checked, it was cheaper to fly than to take the train.

Travel via autonomous vehicle may solve the emissions problem, but it seems much more inconvenient to the traveler.

Airlines Should Fear Self-Driving Cars

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