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In the future with self driving cars we would no longer require stoplights, cars would auto-adjust for other traffic.
by X-Istence 11y ago
In the future with self driving cars we would no longer require stoplights, cars would auto-adjust for other traffic.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoThis isn't a realistic consideration in any short-term future. That assumes 100% of cars on the road are self-driving cars which are talking to each other. That is decades away at the absolute best speed scenario. But self-driving cars won't make it to that point if they can't cope with the world we live in now.
- moheeb 11y agoHow would you walk across the street then?
- icebraining 11y agoHopefully, you'll just cross anywhere, and they'll just stop for you. Maybe we can figure some way to indicate you want to cross, so that they can slow down smoothly - as posted above, Google software can already read hand signs by cyclists.
- ascorbic 11y agoStanding facing the kerb and looking at the traffic is a pretty good way of indicating you want to cross. Not sure how it would handle the other factor though: eye contact.