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The keyword from your parent's comment is "completely".

• loeg 9y ago
  "Completely" is never happening, or is so far in the future to be pointless to speculate about (especially for bicycles). The foreseeable future will involve a blend of automatic and manual pilots.
  • elvinyung 9y ago
    The second keyword is "if".
  • tehlike 9y ago
    Sure, this is going to be the case for long time. But it is still not hard to see many of the road rules chaging/evolving, and many rules becoming obsolete.
• adrianN 9y ago
  Those driverless bicycles will surely become a hit.
  • lmm 9y ago
    It's not that crazy an idea. High-end bicycles already have electrical components (e.g. gear shifting) and electric-assist bikes are becoming much more common. Automatic steering/braking/etc. would take a lot of stress out of my commute.
    • adrianN 9y ago
      You can have a useable bike for a hundred Euro or so. It will be a long time, if ever, that we self-driving technology becomes cheap enough and small enough to compete. If you want a small, self-driving vehicle, you might as well put four wheels and a roof on it. Cars don't have to weigh a literal ton.
      • lmm 9y ago
        > You can have a useable bike for a hundred Euro or so. Sure; you can buy a usable car much cheaper than current flagship models too. I spent over 4k on my bike; the high-end market does exist (and is currently the only place you'll find electric shifting, but all these technologies gradually work their way down). > If you want a small, self-driving vehicle, you might as well put four wheels and a roof on it. Cars don't have to weigh a literal ton. A motor and batteries or fuel tank are always going to be pretty heavy though, much heavier than sensors and processors. In any case, I like the exercise and the visibility/openness. I'd expect self-driving scooters/mopeds before self-driving bikes, sure, but I'd expect them to happen eventually.