Traveler Questions

Davius' Answers

One day, CAV Systems will combine CAVWAYs and CAVs to bring us mass transit, but we're not there yet and you have questions. Let's put your question at the left and Davius' answer at the right.
Question 1: I love my car and the freedom it brings; will I have to give it up?
Question 2: I pay my taxes so that driving can be free; why should I have to start paying for freeway access now?
Question 3: I don't trust robots. Why would I trust a CAV?
Question 4: Anything guided by computers and networks can be hacked; why would I ever ride in a CAV?
Question 5: Why should I pay new taxes for your crazy scheme?
Question 6: How will CAV Systems be convenient if I have to travel from home to one CAVWAY station and from another station to the office?
Question 7: I already use mass transit; how will CAV Systems help me?

Answer 1: The CAV Systems vision is to offer safe, efficient travel options rather than to take away your car. Part of that vision is that cars may have controllers which allow them to operate as CAVs.
Answer 2: To be sustainable, CAV Systems must satisfy travelers. The best way to make this happen is for travelers to pay according to the value they put on the service. The more CAV-System service improves and the better it meets your needs, the more likely you are to be a subscriber.
Answer 3: In the beginning, few travelers trusted airplanes; now air travel is common. The same will happen to CAVs on CAVWAYs because state agencies and commercial vendors alike recognize that safety is "the prime directive."
Answer 4: CAV Systems will be "off the network grid." Outsiders will not have access to them.
Answer 5: You should not. CAV Systems must be sustainable, paid for by users. If for some reason, not enough travelers show up, the "scheme" will die a quiet death.
Answer 6: The more  CAV Systems are used, the more CAVWAYs will be extended to where travelers come from and where they are going. Until there are CAVWAYs "everywhere" - near your home, office, and other destinations - dual mode operation, under which you drive to a CAVWAY station and then switch your vehicle into CAV mode, will serve you during transition.
Answer 7: Davius' knows that the safety, convenience, and efficiency will make CAV Systems the mass transit of choice for most travelers. However, as long as it serves you well, continue using what you have.