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Autonomous Taxis and Accessibility Discussion
When the talk of autonomous vehicles started, they frequently mentioned accessibility and freedom for those who couldn’t operate their own vehicle or get in regular taxis.
However, things aren’t shaping up that way in many places. What are your thoughts? What are the rules and prototypes like in your country?
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Autonomous Taxis Won't Be Accessible With Laws Like These
State laws that preempted local rideshare regulation are now being used to shield autonomous taxis from wheelchair accessibility mandates.
Maria Waldman and Patty3 Comments
A friend of mine just bought a self driving car. I was also thinking about how this could help with accessibility – I am partially ambulatory but operating the pedals is getting increasingly difficult for me. The rules here are such that there must be a person sitting in the driver’s seat so I think it’s a long way from providing full access…
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I think governments should have these be in paratransit fleets on a widespread level, because the cost barrier for disabled people is very high for these
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