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Tunnels are dangerous. Elon is proposing to build really narrow tunnels that are hard to evacuate and then allow every random vehicle inside it. Yes it's on a s
by namelost 9y ago
Tunnels are dangerous. Elon is proposing to build really narrow tunnels that are hard to evacuate and then allow every random vehicle inside it. Yes it's on a sled but who is certifying that my fellow tunnelgoers' vehicles won't leak fuel, spontaneously catch fire, or find some other special way to kill me?
Elon has some good ideas and some stupid ideas, this is of the latter category.
- sudhirj 9y agoThe tunnel could allow just Teslas - with their ultra fancy air filters you could set off a chemical weapon inside the tunnel and everyone in the cars would still be fine :D
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoBy the time these tunnels are ready (if ever), urban private transportation will probably be primarily electric anyways.
- jacquesm 9y agoSwitzerland has a couple of tunnels in operation that have short haul trains running through them that you drive your car onto. They don't check what kind of cars are on the train, as long as they fit you're good.
- shafyy 9y agoYes, but those tunnels are not as narrow as Musk suggests and have good ventilation and an emergency exit every 100m or so. Source: Swiss that used the said tunnel multiple times.
- Buttes 9y agoYou also need hardcore vent systems.