When the Robots Reach the Road (Ep. 308)

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh, who still doesn't have a driver's license, investigates how far away we are from a driverless future, the utopian (and dystopian) visions of what a driverless world could look like, the hurdles that have to be cleared, and whether driverless cars can arrive in time to save him (and other licenseless citizens) the trouble of ever learning to parallel park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I recently turned 30, unlike anyone who hits that milestone I asked myself some uncomfortable
0:04.9	questions.
0:05.9	Does this mean I'm past my prime?
0:06.9	Are my musical tastes now frozen forever?
0:09.7	Is it time to get a driver's license?
0:11.5	Actually that last one might sound sort of strange, but I still don't drive.
0:14.7	I don't even have a license.
0:16.2	On a recent Saturday I walked around my Manhattan neighborhood, looking for fellow driving
0:19.8	holdouts.
0:20.8	For the most part I found people who did have licenses, but who weren't totally sure
0:24.3	why.
0:25.3	I have a driver's license but I haven't driven since I was 18.
0:28.5	I actually also didn't renew it so I might not have a driver's license.
0:32.5	So why did you get one?
0:33.8	I got one because my parents made me.
0:36.9	I was like why would I get a driver's license?
0:39.7	And they were like well we're not going to drive you around all the time and I was like
0:43.6	just never used it because I'm in the city.
0:45.6	Do you have a license?
0:46.6	I do.
0:47.6	I don't regret getting one every once in a while to be able to get the driver's license
0:51.1	at some point in their life.
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