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There is even a reasonable argument to be made that self driving cards will increase traffic and deadlock. For example, imagine driving in to the city for some
by imron 9y ago
There is even a reasonable argument to be made that self driving cards will increase traffic and deadlock.
For example, imagine driving in to the city for some business meeting and then rather than worry about the hassle of finding a parking spot you just let the car drive about by itself for a couple of hours. Now multiply that by however many hundred (or thousand) people have the same idea.
- MarkMc 9y agoThat is easily solved by congestion charging.
- infogulch 9y agoIn those words that idea is simple to explain. The logistics of an actual implementation would not be so easy.
- closeparen 9y agoTransportation is one of the few contexts where the US has adopted the socialist system of allocation by waiting list, rather than price. Congestion used to be the one inconvenience rich people couldn't buy themselves out of. I can understand the impulse to keep it that way, though the benefits of congestion pricing probably do outweigh the symbolic problems.
- MarkMc 9y agoVery true. And the mayor of London, a self-described socialist, introduced congestion charging to that city in 2003.
- hilyen 9y agoWhy not just tell the car to find a spot to park and you can call it when you're ready?
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- imron 9y agoPetrol is cheaper than parking.