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07-23-2019, 05:32 PM #251
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07-23-2019, 05:37 PM #252
That'd only "solve traffic" if it effects great changes in human movement patterns. As long as the pattern doesn't change, traffic won't. See how introduction of Uber etc. has increased traffic in NYC because there's more vehicles doing nothing on the road but looking for people to drive around better coordinating there movements (self driving) won't change the underlying problem of too many cars. And too many cars is the fatal flaw in the Musk/Silicon Valley prosperity gospel of self-driving EVs for everyone - there just isn't enough room. Or money to fund it.
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07-23-2019, 05:41 PM #253Funky But Chic
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07-23-2019, 05:46 PM #254Funky But Chic
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But yeah I'm bullish on long-term real estate values in the exurbs for sure. Because of SDC's and internet everywhere. You can have a meeting and nobody knows where the fuck you are. That's exactly what got me in on pagers (yeah, dating myself) and car phones and then cell phones. It will happen.
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07-23-2019, 05:48 PM #255Funky But Chic
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I personally have driven one-eyed on way too many country roads. Happy to hand that chore off.
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07-23-2019, 05:56 PM #256
27 yr old girl texting hits a cement truck head on. 74 yr old dude dumps it into the river.
this is in the middle of nowhere, w 8 foot shoulder lanes.
i would have ran her the fuck over, call me callous.
pics to follow..
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07-23-2019, 11:20 PM #257
Woman killed by self-driving Uber car
When self driving cars are completely adopted in areas, you no longer need stop lights or any complete stops, ever. The highway always moves at top speed and no asshole decides to slam on his brakes and cut over at the last minute, stopping and slowing traffic for miles sometimes. Next time you are in 5mph traffic on the expressway note how many cars per lane per minute pass a given point. Then do the same when traffic is heavy but moving fast.
Our current roads could handle multiples of current capacity if all cars are operating via a centrally controlled / intelligent system. It’s not hard to imagine. Cars bunch into packets of 4-8 cars and alternate passing through an intersection from different directions while barely slowing. Or even, when a light turns green all the cars start moving at the same time.
Making self driving cars drive with other human drivers is more difficult than if all cars were self driving.
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07-23-2019, 11:27 PM #258
exactly. it's all or nothing. i'm 100% fine w all in. that's a big upgrade though. like burying telephone poles.
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07-23-2019, 11:47 PM #259
try to get a hemi cuda to behave.
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07-24-2019, 12:46 AM #260
We don't have the money to fill potholes.
Lots of countries have bullet trains. Why don't we? California has been trying to build one for decades and getting nowhere.
We have the technology to have flying cars. Why don't we? f
Our trains keep crashing into each other because nobody has installed the accident avoidance systems the feds mandated years ago.
The US deficit for 2020 is projected at 1.1 trillion.Last edited by old goat; 07-24-2019 at 09:00 AM.
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07-24-2019, 06:18 AM #261
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07-24-2019, 04:25 PM #262
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07-24-2019, 05:30 PM #263
What about the potholes?
At the moment they can't keep the lane lines painted around here.
I haven't read this yet but it looks interesting.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2...term=TNY_Daily
SDC's aren't the high tech outside the box solution. Getting rid of cars is.
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07-24-2019, 05:54 PM #264
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07-24-2019, 06:08 PM #265
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07-24-2019, 07:37 PM #266
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07-25-2019, 02:13 PM #267
Paris, London, Barcelona and Stuttgart have announced plans to ban all combustion vehicles in those cities by 2030. Other major cities, even in 'Merica, are likely to follow suit. It would not be a big leap from there to ban all human-operated vehicles.
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07-25-2019, 02:21 PM #268
likelihood of a ban on ICE cars in any 'murican city is near zero. We can't even get congestion pricing passed or any minimal restrictions on vehicle movement. I think selfdriving/remote vehicle operation will occur on highways first with the caveat that there's a huge seasonality issue. Humans have trouble in snow/ice/rain - how long will it take to program computers to deal with that?
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07-25-2019, 02:34 PM #269
The basics are simple--slow down, increase braking distance, modulate power delivery. But, yeah, it will probably take awhile. Humans are not going to get better at it, though. Even if the computers only get 1-2% better every year they'll be better than the humans in no time.
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07-25-2019, 02:39 PM #270
heh.
I was thinking more along the lines of semi-trucks - like Starsky which is testing "autonomous" trucks with a driver remotely operating the tough parts - https://www.freightwaves.com/news/st...lorida-highway and the snow/ice is "driving through a blizzard" or "glare ice" or things where whatever sensor suite willl have to do a bit more work.
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07-25-2019, 02:51 PM #271
Just a thought on how fuel is taxed and now people will be charging their cars at home. Will electricity become so unaffordable (I know it's already expensive in Europe) because the government will have to make up the difference?
So what the alternative. Use only charging stations so the tax will only be paid by users ? Don't think that will be realistic unless a vehicle can fully charge in 5 minutes.
It will be interesting if becomes a total FUBAR because of trying to change something too fast when the technology isn't there yet.riser4 - Ignore me! Please!
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07-25-2019, 02:52 PM #272
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07-25-2019, 02:57 PM #273
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07-25-2019, 03:12 PM #274
The DARPA Challenge was won 14 years ago for off-road autonomy; the dynamics are easy compared to the whole "other drivers" thing. But inclement weather is still a problem for knowing exactly where you are and which way the road is pointed without infrastructure changes.
At which point steel rails are pretty cheap and offer nice maintenance and efficiency advantages.
If they can breakup AT&T why not BNSF? Think of the thread we could have if every railroad had a bike lane. The mind boggles!
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07-25-2019, 04:34 PM #275Registered User
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