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CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 13, 2019, 01:43:07 pm ---Or perhaps you won't need a car by then. I keep hearing that self-driving cars are going to be common any day now. And when they are, I assume some will operate like Uber only cheaper because there's no driver to pay. You summon one with your phone, have it take you to work (or wherever) and summon another to go home.
I'm looking forward to that day and to saying bye-bye to car ownership and all of its hassles. Not to mention the massive amount of real estate occupied by parking lots, parking ramps and garages.
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I'm not sure I'd trust those self-driving cars. It would take a big leap of faith for me to get into one of those.
--- Quote from: brian on January 13, 2019, 04:13:18 pm ---LOL I turn 75 in March so have to renew my licence. In NZ driving licences last 10 years but they only gave me a licence for 9 years when I moved here in 2010. I have to go for a medical but do not expect any problems. I will then have a licence for another 5 years.
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Ten years, that's a long time. I think in the US driver's licenses are renewed every 3 years or so.
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on January 14, 2019, 01:31:50 pm ---I drive roughly 12 000 miles a year. A far way from 90 000. Maybe you misread it as 120 000 in that FB post? Or maybe I accidentally slipped in an additional zero?
Anyway, I just bought a new car last November. A Toyota Auris Hybrid. I'm very happy with it. It's smaller than my previous Hyundai, which gives me the possibility to rent a lot in the parking garage across my workplace, which I did. I've had the parking spot for three days so far and I love it! And I totally love the hybrid. It really saves me quite some gas. Katherine is right, gas is expensive in Europe. Currently 5,62$ per gallon.
Here's my new drive:
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Oh, she's a beauty! Good luck with her!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on January 14, 2019, 06:29:12 pm ---I'm not sure I'd trust those self-driving cars. It would take a big leap of faith for me to get into one of those.
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Well, they've driven millions of miles in them and so far the accident rate is far, far lower than it is with human drivers. One article I saw said the biggest fear with self-driving cars is that they're so safe there'll be a shortage of organ donations! :o
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 14, 2019, 06:10:53 pm ---90,000 miles in a year would be nearly 250 miles a day!! :o
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I guess it would be possible if you commuted to work about five hours round trip, every day. :-\
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends.
I hope everyone is ready for a great weekend!
Tomorrow I'll be waking up to some wintery weather. Perhaps 1 - 3 inches of snow. Then on Saturday the family is getting together for my bday and dad's bday. Saturday night into Sunday, more snow. Monday is a holiday, so no work and extra time to clean up the snow.
;D
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 14, 2019, 11:25:16 pm ---Well, they've driven millions of miles in them and so far the accident rate is far, far lower than it is with human drivers. One article I saw said the biggest fear with self-driving cars is that they're so safe there'll be a shortage of organ donations! :o
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I don't know.....there's just something about them that I don't trust yet.
CellarDweller:
Here are some pics from my job, at the birthday luncheon we had.
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