> In rejecting the rules, lawmakers resisted pressure from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, four European Commissioners, tech giants Meta, Google and Microsoft and numerous children’s charities in past weeks.
> A total of 311 lawmakers rejected the European Commission's proposal to extend the law, with 228 voting in favor and 92 abstaining.
Believe it or not, a lot of driving takes place in heavily driven territory :)
And I'm sure the autonomous vehicle will have a go-very-slowly mode for navigating people's driveways and similar places the mapping cars haven't been yet.
The world is pretty well mapped at this point I don't think this will be a showstopper.
And the nice thing about driver less cars is that they can drive wherever and whenever pretty cheaply. There's no driver to pay. Just the electricity bill for charging the vehicle and some servicing/vehicle depreciation and other fixed cost. That's a race to the bottom in terms of cost.
There's no good economical reason to limit this to just small areas. You might charge passengers a bit extra if they are further out or even for the distance the car has to drive to pick them up. But there's no good reason for that to be very expensive as it would be with a paid driver.
Mastodon seems to be the most versatile app of all of them.
With Mastodon account you can follow people from BlueSky (if they use BridgyFed) and people from Threads (if they turn on fediverse sharing).
Using Mastodon you can follow people from Bluesky and Threads if they only turn on sharing or use Bridgy Fed option as well. Mastodon is the most versatile piece of software.
> A total of 311 lawmakers rejected the European Commission's proposal to extend the law, with 228 voting in favor and 92 abstaining.
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