One thing that has dogged me all my teen and adult life is being unable to drive in the city. On paper, my vision is just good enough to drive, but I lack depth perception for maneuvering vehicles in tight spaces like our former horse barn garage. When turning left I can’t tell which lane a car coming is in.
I didn’t realize how much being able to drive meant to people because nobody would say it to my face. I remember the Family Guy joke about how not being able to drive would have you dying a virgin. A women I was on a date with in my early 20’s was very critical of my not driving, asking, “you seriously don’t drive”.
So you can guess that I got giddy over the new Cybercab self-driving car you can buy, even if you can’t see well enough to drive. It is a pipe dream of mine at this point, as I don’t have the infrastructure for it, nor has the technology been proven. But it was the first time I had felt hopeful in a long while, seeing 8 Bit Guy being driven by a self-driving Tesla.
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