I learned everything I needed about #vanlife when I was #homeless 4 times, living out of the bed of a short bed pickup with a found bed cap that didn't fit the truck (so it leaked incessantly), with no rear window (covered with translucent plastic sheeting with black plastic sheeting privacy curtains).

I don't hate what #MotorVehicles can do when used wisely, I hate that we've built #society completely around centering #cars instead of people and demanding people use them. #urbanism

@dalias

You've sort of put your finger on a missed opportunity in motor vehicle #marketing.

Instead of all vehicle manufacturers having the current lot of samey weird advertisements where unicorns chase them down the streets in camera drone shots whilst children shout 'Play Peppa Pig at max volume!' at the computer from the rear seats and it suddenly does, there's a niche for a manufacturer to be disruptive …

… and run an #advertising campaign where they simply show that *their* cars have proper door handles, physical control knobs that don't need one to keep reading a screen away from looking at the road, and where a 5 year old cannot cause a motorway pile-up with 'Hey Google! Emergency stop!'.

It's a product differentiator. The marketers could use it.

@cstross
#MotorVehicles #Google #GoogleGemini #SafeAtAnySpeed