Weekend Engagement - To Drive Or Be Driven?

If you could choose to have an autonomous vehicle or one you had to drive yourself which would you choose?

I think the answer is quite clear cut for me, definitely an autonomous vehicle! And I will give two reasons for that - one serious and one humourous!

Serious reason: It saves me a lot of time!

Currently, I don't own a car and I take the bus or the train most of the time, and one thing I like about the commuting journey is that I can make use of the time to do a lot of stuff! On the bus or train, I can reply my Whatsapp and Discord messages, read news about current affairs, play mobile games, and the list goes on. If I am tired, I could just close my eyes and take a break. All these wouldn't have been possible if I had to drive myself in a car.

Sometimes I do wonder how people have the energy to drive themselves to work in the morning (when they might be half asleep) or back home after work (when they are tired after a long day of meetings).

Anyway, having an autonomous vehicle to me would mean time savings, and time as we all know is one of the most precious and irreplaceable things in life!

Humourous reason: I don't know how to drive!

Yes, I get it, it's supposedly a life skill to learn how to drive. But it just didn't turn out that way for me, which of course I had many reasons excuses why this was the case.

Cars are very expensive in my country (Singapore), and when I was young, I didn't feel that I could afford one when I grow up. Moreover, there's a public transport system already because it's a city so I didn't feel there was a need to spend money to learn driving.

Also, I am also colourblind (or some would call colour vision deficiency), so I wasn't sure if this would be safe or perhaps challenging for me, especially if I can't differentiate between red and green lights all the time. Not a good idea to pose any safety issues to those on the roads.

So there you have it - the two reasons why I would 100% choose an autonomous vehicle!

Hope you enjoyed my sharing and let me know what you think! Thanks for reading and have a pleasant weekend ahead!