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Once cars have better connectivity it may be easier. Assuming busy traffic you could follow the average track of the last n cars etc.

• ocdtrekkie 11y ago
  It's hard to suggest how this would be handled on a all-encompassing scale. I'm sure Google would like to simply track every car on the road, but between multiple brands of cars and software, and valid privacy concerns, this isn't a great solution. Also, you'd need to validate that data carefully. You wouldn't want false submissions to end up strongly recommend cars drive off a cliff.
  • scarlson 11y ago
    So nationalize it? It's not like big brother isn't already tracking traffic trends. Why shouldn't the Dept of Transportation be in charge of directing automated traffic?
    • ocdtrekkie 11y ago
      There's ups and downs to that. Companies like Google would argue that their systems are too integrated to their business to be nationalized. (Unless we just nationalize Google. It's enough of a monopoly now........) The biggest issue would be that this is still a rapidly developing field, and the one thing government is not good at is rapidly evolving technology. But fundamentally, we will need something controlled by an agency or government, or at least a nonprofit organization of some sort. A single corporation can't control our nation's transportation infrastructure.