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Re the car ownership thing. This ain't going to change in the near future despite the rantings of some on here. The car is a status symbol, the bigger and more expensive then the more you are lauded. A small, cheap runaround is not to be aspired to. Cars are parked on pedestrian walkways as a norm now, often meaning vulnerable people navigating round the car by going in the road. This could be easily solved by fining, but nothing is done. Why?
A big part of our society is built around the worship of cars and if you think that's going away anytime soon, you are sadly deluded.
Don't pavement parking is a pet peve of mine. On our estate it seems to be a challenge to see who can park most of their car on the pavement.
In the ubiquitous Facebook group people have complained about it and there's always an excuse as to why it's okay to park on the pavement, the normal one being that it lets people opposite get the car out of their drive. Brar in mind that every house has room for at least two cars on the driveway.
The self entitlement of some people really pisses me off. Anyway wrong thread, sorry.
(Im interpreting this to mean things we have done now or in our past, as I am 61 now)
Run 32 minutes for 10k. I am really going through a late mid life crisis and its dawning on me (ridiculous I know) that even modest athletic performances (sub 20 mins for 5k for example) are almost certainly beyond me. Its a very personal thing and probably some form of "first world problem" considering so many people have so many more serious things to ponder however it is something I am dealing with and has a very real impact on my mental well being. Some things are so much part of who you are. Oh well.
This could be easily solved by fining, but nothing is done. Why?
"Resources."
I might apply to be a traffic warden. I could sit at home all day and raise more money than I'm paying in council tax.
2) Cities and towns will have self driving electric runabouts similar to the San fransico setup
Nope they won't. Don't confuse VC funded prototyping with a viable business model.
Economically viable level 5 self driving is never going to be viable using current techniques despite the Waymo pilots and the surrounding hype.
Ride them whilst you can, when the funding runs out, so will they.