Self-driving cars: Yes, please! Now, please!
The more I bike, the more I support autonomous vehicles. Car drivers just seem so oblivious; my prototypical car driver is stopped, looking around with a panicked expression for where the siren is coming from, but the siren isn’t coming from anywhere, it is here, it is stopped and waiting for you to stop blocking the intersection you asshole. I just can’t believe how surprised they are all the time, surprised to see the milliseconds I’ve missed their flung-open car door by, surprised they’re stuck in the middle of the intersection when the light turns red, surprised to see a pedestrian crossing in the crosswalk when they want to turn right. Don’t they drive often enough to not be constantly surprised by the changing world around them? I feel like I need to rap on their windows and yell “Hey! Your car is heavy, and can move quickly. Please be careful and pay attention with it”

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