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I wouldn't be so certain that "all interstates in the US" are uniformly easy to drive. A specific counterexample: the BQE (Brooklyn Queens Expressway) is techni
by galdosdi 10y ago
I wouldn't be so certain that "all interstates in the US" are uniformly easy to drive. A specific counterexample: the BQE (Brooklyn Queens Expressway) is technically signed as I-278, but poor maintenance, frequent and shortened ramps and interchanges, and idiosyncratic local driving culture would IMHO make it quite a bit more challenging for automated driving than the proverbial four lane interstate through a midwestern cornfield in the middle of nowhere that you probably were thinking of...
- dx034 10y agoFor trucks it's still easier to drive there automatically as they have less lane changing than other cars. And your example is from a city. I think the time drivers spent in a city is not what makes the job so hard, it's the endless hours driving through the middle of nowhere. Automating that could be a huge gain already. As an example, consider freight from LA to SF. The driver would still drive until he leaves LA, the truck would drive up the I-5 and the driver takes over again south of SF. In the end, the driver only had to drive for 30% of the time and could be more alert during that time (and spend his time with sth useful in the meantime).