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Robocars Should Be 'Disconnected,' Warns Former EFF Chief
- djsumdog 9y agoI touched on this in a post a while back: http://penguindreams.org/blog/self-driving-cars-will-not-solve-the-transportation-problem/ http://penguindreams.org/blog/self-driving-cars-will-not-sol... ..but the reality is that people will not be able to ever own self driving cars. They'll need FAA style safety regulation, and one security flaw could lead to thousands of deaths at scale. They also don't really solve any meaningful transportation problems compared to just expanding traditional rail and mass transit. There is absolutely no way a fully automated eight lane interstate with each car holding 4 people can even approach 1/10th the capacity of a single rail track running at 5 minute intervals.
- niftich 9y agoIn many places, the freeway is already there. Self-driving cars/vans/etc are road vehicles and road vehicles come with the inherent advantages of being able to (potentially) traverse a much higher portion of the world than fixed-guideway vehicles. Furthermore, additional coverage area can be retrofitted out-of-band (ie. with map updates) instead of having to build it additional tracks.