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cjeam t1_iu59nlz wrote

Reply to comment by Yoconn in Automakers are going all-in on gaming to keep us in our cars by Test19s

Oo boy, let me introduce you to “the bus”!

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Yoconn t1_iu59syq wrote

Theres no buses by me.

Plus i work an hour away

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Nah-vi t1_iu5cwp7 wrote

That's 8hrs by bus! You could just sleep on the bus instead of your warm comfy bed

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icefire555 t1_iu5ktxo wrote

Yeah it's kind of funny that he said that. Because I also have no bus routes near me. Because I live in America, home of not public transportation.

I do have a bus stop, but in the 5 years I've lived here it has never been in service.

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Nah-vi t1_iu5v6mq wrote

My closest bus stop is a 26 min walk. There's no side walks most of the way. You occasionally see someone walking through people's yards.

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teratogenic17 t1_iu8aks7 wrote

Congratulations on being one of the very few people on Reddit who can spell 'buses' correctly.

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Mitochandrea t1_iu90qar wrote

LOL you better sleep with one eye open if you’re riding the buses where I live!!

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Norseviking4 t1_iua28b6 wrote

The buss is filled with strangers and many struggle in this situation (myself included) due to social anxiety, fear of getting sick or any other reason people may have. The bus is not the answer for everyone

I have not been on the buss regulary for like 10-15 years and i dont plan to change this if i can avoid it ;)

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cjeam t1_iuaz0f8 wrote

Your alternative would be a taxi then.

Which is going to be expensive yes, so is a self-driving car, and not everyone is going to be able to use a self-driving car either.

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Norseviking4 t1_iub8kge wrote

Taxi is way to expensive yes also not needed since i have no problem affording a car. I drive a prius hybrid due to keeping the environment in mind and the next car i hope will electric. I doubt my next car will be selfdriving but i hope the one after the next one will be.

When selfdriving becomes normal many people might have the car work as a taxi when its not needed by the owner. This might reduce the price of transport alot, making it easy and cheap enough for people to be able to drop car ownership if they dont want to. (you would just order a ride through an app and it will collect the nearest selfdriving car that is awailable)

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chadenright t1_iuc4c5s wrote

I take it you've never actually tried to commute via bus. More often than not, you're standing nose to elbow with fifty other people in a 40-person bus.

Hope you can sleep standing up.

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