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I understand the economic value of self-driving to ridesharing cos but I get this feeling that the car itself is what needs to be "disrupted" and not the fact t
by dawhizkid 9y ago
I understand the economic value of self-driving to ridesharing cos but I get this feeling that the car itself is what needs to be "disrupted" and not the fact that a car is or isn't driven by a human. Self-driving doesn't solve the problem of traffic, congestion, pollution (from gas self-driving), etc etc.
I hope hyperloop become reality in the not too distant future and make it feasible/practical for workers living 100mi+ away from urban job centers like SF/NYC/LA to live in distant lower cost communities and comfortably commute into work.
- dingo_bat 9y ago> Self-driving doesn't solve the problem of traffic, congestion, pollution (from gas self-driving), etc etc. Doesn't it? Looks to me it will (except pollution).
- dawhizkid 9y agoHow does it solve traffic/congestion issue? Because they drive in a way that is more efficient than human-driven cars? I envision many years or decades where having both self-driving and human-driven cars on the road at the same time is going to be a nightmare for everyone... Also humans regularly drive slightly over the speed limit (at the flow of traffic). I wonder if self-driving cars would be programmed to drive exactly at the speed limit, which means they'd actually be slower.