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I can see the commuter lanes in many cities being converted to self driving lanes with 100mph speed limits. That alone would push people into self driving vehic

• wrsh07 10y ago
  You wouldn't even need 100mph speedlimits if self-driving cars can avoid some of the common high-traffic pitfalls [eg traffic waves [1]] It's likely that even at equal or higher density, self-driving cars will be able to have higher throughput with comparable speed limits. Initially, though, it might be sufficient to "encourage" them by allowing them in commuter lanes. [this should even be trivial, because it should be pretty easy to find passengers uber-pool style if adding passengers would improve the trip] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_wave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_wave
  • alonmower 10y ago
    Slight tangent but one of the most interesting parts (to me) of lane splitting on a motorcycle is getting to navigate through these waves and actually see the dense and sparse segments as you pass through them