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11. There are a lot of benefits
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 03:21 PM
Jun 11

You don't have the cost of acquiring, insuring, maintaining, and parking a car.

The "driver" is reliably safe. No speeding, no emotions, better visibility of the road because of all the cameras

The cars are generally nice, clean, and comfortable.

Less wait time while a driver finishes some other conflicting rides. There are plenty of these drivers working multiple services. So they could be finishing a food delivery with Uber while picking someone else for Lyft. This leads to long wait times and sometimes aromatic cars.

It's great for people with disabilities who would otherwise not be able to drive themselves. I think there's an estimate that driverless cars could put 4 million people with disabilities into the workforce.

There are other benefits, but these are the main ones in my opinion.

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