How Autonomous Vehicles Could Help People with Disabilities
How Autonomous Vehicles Could Help People with Disabilities
Self-driving cars could give people who live outside big cities and are unable to drive more mobility, but the technology must still overcome some hurdles
Autonomous vehicles, like trains or subways are indeed very useful for people with disabilities.
Luckily the train pulls up right next to my disabled grandpa's house. And it drops him off right at the doctor's office. No walking required!
Oh wait.
Brain transplants into completely healthy bodies could help too, but since neither are available right now, I don’t get what the purpose of this article is.
By sending them off to their maker?
More investment in public transit would do this cheaper, better, and quicker.
In the US we have ADA funding for para transit as well as county and municipal funding. All we have to do is increase it to make paratransit more convenient for the disabled.
We're still not in a position for vehicles to be entrusted to someone who couldn't physically intercede to take over control of the car in an emergency.