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Are self-driving snow plows realistic, even if just on highways? Would such plows eventually be more affordable, be able to run almost 24 hours a day and mean t
by prawn 11y ago
Are self-driving snow plows realistic, even if just on highways? Would such plows eventually be more affordable, be able to run almost 24 hours a day and mean that more road is cleared?
(It never snows where I live so plowing or driving on snow is an alien concept to me.)
- xur17 11y agoThey're probably realistic, but I'm not sure they'd make a lot of sense for most places right off the bat. They really only need to be out on the roads right after / during a snow storm, which isn't 24/7. For some places in the midwest, this might even be once a week max for a few hours. A human will be a lot cheaper until the cost comes way down. They may make sense for areas that get a ton of snow, and have snow storms that last days, but I find it hard to believe the price will be cheaper than a human for a while.
- prawn 11y agoI don't mean that the plow would operate on the same road 24/7, but that it could be plowing wherever required for longer shifts.
- simonebrunozzi 11y agoSolution: don't sell driverless cars, sell only driverless snowplows that people would just happen to also use as cars. Snow problem solved. :)