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As self-driving highways, with cars that move at 250 km/h (155 mph), become common, regular driving will probably be restricted to secondary roads first, terti
by Thimothy 10y ago
As self-driving highways, with cars that move at 250 km/h (155 mph), become common, regular driving will probably be restricted to secondary roads first, tertiary later. As time goes by, you will be seen as a nuisance from most of the drivers, as your car will be restricted to driving 60 km/h (37 mph) less than the rest in the same kind of road.
So by the time a law passes that forbids non-autonomous driving, it won't be a "fascist government" but your own countrymen who will take your "basic freedom" away.
But don't worry, I was using the "you" figuratively, by the time this happens, I don't think any of us will be alive. And, of course, there is always the off-chance that someone codifies in the constitution the right to drive a car, assuring that future generations have the freedom to kill themselves in the roads as we proudly do today.
- gwbas1c 10y agoI don't think that will ever happen. We'll all be traveling via self-driving drones instead! The roads will just be for hobbyists who like to drive their own cars (and write their own code,) and probably transportation of heavy materials.
- paulddraper 10y agoThe Autobahn does fine with very varied speeds.