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Sex in self-driving cars: Passengers are reportedly hooking up in San Francisco's driverless taxis (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's nearly impossible for people in their early 20s to have enough privacy to have sexual relationships with each other. Most are living with their parents or in shared apartments that afford little privacy. I don't see why society seems to be so against giving young people enough privacy so they don't have to resort to fucking on the streets. This was a massive reason why my last relationship failed.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks like it’s time to convert some of that empty San Francisco commercial real estate into Japan-style love hotels.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Anything but affordable housing! Not in my backyard.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

You can have sex almost anywhere you want just not in my backyard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I mean that too, but it's a decent use between now and when we finally get the land rezoned for residential. the state of california should allow housing of any density with no parking minimums in all office zoned land in the state by right, overriding local zoning laws. also allow fourplexes in all residential land

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Some day, if it hasn't happened already, we're going to have a situation where a driverless car is driving around a dead body. Eventually I think the technology will get to a point where a self-driving, electric car will be able to drive itself to a charging station, initiate the recharge, and drive off afterwards. At that point we'll have "ghost cars" that are perpetually driving around the country on some weird repeating loop where it's just endlessly driving around with a rotting corpse inside.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

An elder person

driving to their birtday party

trapped with a stroke half-way in.

[–] Magrath 6 points 2 years ago

Transporting dead bodies across the state lines haha. Good thing that is all tracked.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Good for them! At least someone around here is having sex. It sounds kinda hot too 😋 🥵

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, get a room. Now we have to deal with stinky cabs?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

You think the occasional sex will smell worse than a cabbie sitting in his seat for 12 hours straight living on hot dogs and mountain dew?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Amtrak gives you room and privacy. Fuck cars, build more trains.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Train good. Car bad.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Unironically yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

So true bestie

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck cars... in trains?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Brings a whole new dimension to Amtrak® Autotrain™ services.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Train cars are a lot more expensive.

And a lot of places not especially accessible. The nearest Amtrak station is a 70-minute drive away for me. I'm married, but if that was what I had to resort to to have sex, fuck it, I'm becoming a monk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree, we should make trains cheaper and more accessible

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Good luck with getting the government to agree.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well.. I'm not gonna fuck someone with the taxi driver looking. People have standards you know.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

It never stopped New Yorkers!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I would totally do it if they were ok with it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Do they know that the cars have 360 cams recording the interior at all times? I'm pretty sure they tell you that immediately when you get in the car

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do they sell you the tape after, like a ride at Disney Land?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Get a ride in the ride. Gonna have to pay twice for that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

That just makes it hotter 😉

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Not sure how many people really want to see bobbing man ass! I doubt the camera sees much, this ain't a porno.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That was my immediate thought / question too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

@SuperIce @YoBuckStopsHere

Waiting for that cloud to gets hacked in 3...2...1

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This brings up a serious issue once these things become ubiquitous. If there’s no driver then who will make sure these things are clean? Over time these will become smelly vomit-filled cabs with litter if it’s a completely automated 24 hour cab system.

[–] RagingNerdoholic 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There's a guy who wipes down the loads.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds like they need to make the interiors waterproof and send them through some automated wash between fares.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Hopefully public transport gains over them then, you can imagine how awful it'll be for the environment; and you'll likely get wet pants or socks where the car didn't dry quick enough 🤣

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I imagine it will be like those electric Lime scooters. They won't bother to take care of them other than charging them, and we will soon find automated cabs in the river.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

The thought of minding my own business on a street corner, looking up, and seeing a taxi with some people clapping cheeks rolling by me is a big source of amusement for me today

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

If you think this is anything new you should look up who coincidentally invented the autopilot for airplanes and the mile high club.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Not a surprise, much easier thanks to not having to drive.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mental note: never bring a blacklight into one of these vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

It's like a Jackson Pollock painting in here!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Mental note: never bring a blacklight into one of these vehicles

It lights up clear as day.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Soon you will just jump in and ask for lovers lane and the car will take you on a nice long scenic route.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

That took a whole two seconds.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you're going to have sex in the waymo, please clean up well after yourselves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

“Hey boss found more Mayo in the Waymo.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Who knew autonymous cars would be the catalyst for the development of self sanitizing car interiors.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

As a former taxi driver in nyc I can assure you that a driver is in no way an obstacle to people fucking in taxis.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, we've all seen the videos. You get more hits if you say it was your step sister.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Well that's what they're there for. Duh. ;)

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