Autonomous Cars, Repair Shops, Robotic Repair

If your autonomous vehicle has a problem that does not impair its safe operation then it can drive itself to a repair shop without you. Then you can get an autonomous taxi (or autonomous rental if needed) to take you to work while your car is getting fixed. If your car can't make it to the repair shop then an autonomous towing flatbed truck could show up and, perhaps with some help from you, take your car away. Then once the car is fixed it can drive itself back to you. Something changes in this scenario that might not be immediately obvious: the value of having repair shops near your home goes down. Your own time is not spent driving...
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