Maybe
decades. I’ve been joking with the kids that as we get older, and it’s
time to take away the car keys, we totally understand. But caution them
that, at the same time, they need to understand that it will be our job to
provide a moving target.
Well,
we’ve just added a layer of complexity to that exchange. Now we have a
car that doesn’t require a key. No key. No fob. Nothing but a
cellphone. The car is linked to Judy’s cellphone and mine. When we
get close to the car, it recognizes us, and wakes up, assuming the driver
configuration for whoever is closest. Now, when the kids do track us
down, there is no key to take away. And would you take away a smartphone
from an old person and deprive them of that powerful digital link to the
outside world? And not only that, what safer option for an ageing driver
but to take a robotaxi everywhere they go! Oh yeah, I like the way this
is going…
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