Comments on Profile Post by rott

  1. Cspirou
    Cspirou
    Efficiency for one. The problem of traffic is completely due to people having control of their own vehicles. Having something automated where cars communicate with each other would be better.
    May 25, 2018
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    May 25, 2018
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  3. Mystic
    Mystic
    Would take the human error out of driving. I imagine gen 5(?) self driving vehicles will drastically cut roadway deaths once they are widespread.
    May 25, 2018
  4. Kattefjaes
    Kattefjaes
    I have met the general public, and seen how those porkers drive.
    May 25, 2018
  5. Cspirou
    Cspirou
    If we do reach a point where cars can drive without people in the car at all, then we wouldn't have to worry as much about parking. You just get dropped off and the car parks itself. Even better would be if a fleet of autonomous cars were a form of public transportation. A lot of parking in cities could be eliminated in that case.
    May 25, 2018
  6. Jinxy245
    Jinxy245
    The biggest hurdle seems to be the inevitability of malfunction and the huge potential for loss of life.
    May 25, 2018
  7. rott
    rott
    Sure, most drivers do suck. Can't entirely rely on own safe driving to prevent accidents these days. But I would (in an ideal world) assert that most of the focus and investment be diverted to making fast mass transit available everywhere. Perhaps these efforts will coalesce.
    May 25, 2018
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  8. Soups
    Soups
    The very humans depicted in WALL-E are at Wal-Mart right now. #futureisnow #ishoptheretoo
    May 26, 2018
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  10. Cspirou
    Cspirou
    I wish there was dislike on comments
    May 26, 2018
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  11. Merrick
    Merrick
    Mass transit is IMO the best solution, but those are almost always city and state funded projects. Autonomous cars are all the private sector, who would love to sell each individual their own car, plus rental cars, selling cars to businesses, etc. Not nearly as much money in mass transit for them.
    May 29, 2018
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