Wrecked cars are soaring right now because of COVID-19

Deseret News ^ | Sep 13, 2021 | Herb Scribner

[MrLucky1966]

I don't have any hopes for self driving vehicles. I Door Dash for a living (I've gone Galt to the best of my ability and will do so as long as I can survive) and GPS screwed me up so many times, I'd either be drowned in the Ohio River, off a cliff (or be part of it) or making love to a tree where it says there is a road but there is none. Many mines, the bum steers took me 4 miles from where I should be and thus was late. I can see maybe a self driving "slave semi(s)" who would follow a master semi with a human driver but beyond that, no. It's like the old 1982 song by Donald Fagen from Steely Dan, "IGY," where they kept promising a Jetson's future but reality gets in the way.

Of course there would be other jobs that could be automated and thus a concern for workers, but I think driving is really not one of them. It's just a self driving network of vehicles is like a Tower of Babel, kick out one or two things, the whole things goes down. it is really unworkable.

[BBB333]

“The cost of replacing an airbag can be $1,000 to $1,500. If both driver and passenger bags deployed, that’s $3k right there.”

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The headlights in our Honda CR-V cost $1,700 each.

[minnesota_bound]

I read a story today about the car plants shutting down due to the chip shortage. What surprised me was they said that new car costs are 40% higher because of the electronics !

[moovova]

“Old used cars. Move over Cuba.”

That’s pretty sad, isn’t it...

[minnesota_bound]

#16 Electric vehicles are exploding... for real ! : )

Electric bus bursts into flames, sets nearby vehicles on fire in China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T71cVhxG_v4

There will be no survivors in a electric car fire except by a miracle happening.

[gloryblaze]

Thanks for telling your personal experience. I’ve given directions to a few people, and they say my address is all they need, but then get lost and it is really tough to explain where to go from there.

[Born to Conserve]

Right. Batteries are much more dangerous than gasoline.