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Comment by Razengan | Hacker News Reader

As a commuter I long for the day after which I never have to interact with a human driver again.

It’s already wonderful seeing touch screens and self checkout kiosks replacing retail workers who hated being there.

The only issue is that the highest paid blue collar jobs left are in transportation and construction. Those are on the chopping block.

Then what?

What new system will we use to ensure those people have a life they find agreeable.

This is one of the main arguments people around here have for universal basic income.

> Then what?

Modern solutions for modern problems.

> What new system will we use to ensure those people have a life they find agreeable

After blue collar jobs are eliminated, people will need to skill up in order to create an agreeable life. The best that the state can do is UBI, but that's not an agreeable life - it should be at best, just life.

Software engineers are new blue collar class.

> What new system will we use (..)

Starvation, if human history is any guide.

That should also cut the price considerably. And the size of the vehicle.

and that's what's going to bring self driving taxis to market sooner than we think. car drives itself to your location, you drive it wherever you wanna go and leave it curbside. then the car drives itself wherever the next customers wants it to be. no need for drivers and 0 passenger liability.

There will still be driver liability or did you mean to say the car drives the customer to the desired location?

no the customer will be driving the car to their destination and since the self driving function will be off, the crash will drivers responsibility just like it is with rental cars

0 passenger liability doesn’t do you much good if you’re still liable for hitting other vehicles and pedestrians.

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