• Critical_Insight@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    Trains have drivers. Also, I can either take a train out of my city or into it. I can’t use a train within my city and it doesn’t take me grocery shopping either. My head hurts trying to imagine how you think a train is going to replace car.

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      10 months ago

      It will never replace cars for people with disabilities.

      Every single person who argues this in this thread doesn’t have a disability and is ignorant towards the challenges they face.

      Had a family member who was disabled for 40 years.

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        10 months ago

        Disabilities come in many shapes. For certain disabilities, sure a train/public transit might be inferior to cars.

        However I’d say for a majority of cases, public transit is much more hospitable to disabled folks. Many disabilities make driving either impossible, massively impractical, or outright dangerous.

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          10 months ago

          Many disabilities make driving either impossible, massively impractical, or outright dangerous.

          This post is about autonomous vehicles, which will render this concern obsolete.

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          10 months ago

          For many disabilities it’s useless due to the fact you still need to get to it to use it.

          They’re saying both are useless for many. Not that driving is better in any way.