CARGUMENTS

I recall recently seeing an article discussing what conversations will be lost when taxi drivers are replaced with driverless taxis.

The article was discussing how we may no longer be using phrases that may soon be confined to the history book such as :-

“Did you have to do the knowledge before getting your London taxi licence”

“Have you been busy tonight and what time do you finish”

“How long have you been doing this”

“Have you had anyone famous in the back of your cab”

“Have you had any nightmare passengers in your cab”

“Are you sure this is the fastest route and you are not ripping me off”

“Take care mate you nearly knocked that cyclist over with your cab”   

“Any chance you can drive a bit faster as I am in a rush”

This then got me thinking of what other car conversations or “carguments” that also might disappear into the history books with the arrival of driverless cars:-

“Did you check the route before we left ?”

“Why are going this way?”

“You said you knew where you were going.”

“You’re braking too hard?”

“You’re too close to the car in front.”

“You need to leave a gap of at least 2 double decker buses”

“You should’ve gone that way or I told you to turn left back there.”

“Why didn’t you indicate.”

“You’re in the wrong lane.”

“Slow down, you’re not in the F1.”

“Why are you slowing down”

“Why are you overtaking them?”

“Why are you letting that BMW in?”

“That was definitely amber, not red.”

“You could’ve made that light.”

“You always stall at this junction.”

“You could’ve made that gap.”

“You parked miles away from the curb.”

“Don’t park there, it’s too tight.”

“You need both hands on the wheel”

“Your hands need to be at 10 o’clock and 2 o’clock or 9 and 3”

“Stop touching the radio. I can do it just concentrate on the road”

“That wasn’t a speed bump, that was a mountain.”

“You didn’t check your blind spot.”

“Why are you parallel parking? There’s a massive space there.”

“I told you to fill up yesterday.”

I wonder how many of these conversations will survive and whether the computerised driver will still get their electronic ear’s bent by its human passengers using these wonderful conversations?