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We know how an autonomous car will drive in a system made up of mostly human drivers. But what we do not know is what that system will look like when autonomous

We know how an autonomous car will drive in a system made up of mostly human drivers. But what we do not know is what that system will look like when autonomous cars take over. That’s a huge leap and I don’t think we have yet to even address that question.

lm28469 8y ago
Most countries don't even fix pot holes in their capitals, I don't see them rebuilding their entire road infrastructure for autonomous cars.
- tspike 8y ago
  The idea of self-driving cars being practical somewhere like Bangalore is laughable.
  - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
    Traffic saturated cities like Bangalore and Beijing have the strongest reasons to make self driving vehicles work, however. It is laughable that Americans would be the ones to do this, given their relatively traffic light cities (even LA is nothing compared to BJ) and high rates of personal car ownership.
    - omosubi 8y ago
      Don't the traffic saturated cities have a better incentive to make public transportation as good as possible? Less people on the roads seems like it would benefit everyone in that case, whereas most american cities are too sparse to support that kind of infrastructure
      - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
        They do that as well. The problem persists inspite of Beijing’s huge and growing subway system. Take myself as an example, I decided taking a taxi to work was worth it over a subway ride because of the crowded conditions...even though it lived and worked near stations on the same line. American cities has plenty of space to build new roads, that isn’t possible in many Chinese cities. Anyways, roads and private transportation will always be there, why not optimize it along with a decent public transit system to boot?
  - toast0 8y ago
    The key is to start with a self-driving autorickshaw. Then you can pathfind as a straight line and just move forward whenever there is at least an inch of space. The real trick will be automating the horn.
    - tspike 7y ago
      LOL. On second thought, that... might actually work.

lm28469 8y ago

Most countries don't even fix pot holes in their capitals, I don't see them rebuilding their entire road infrastructure for autonomous cars.

tspike 8y ago
The idea of self-driving cars being practical somewhere like Bangalore is laughable.
- seanmcdirmid 8y ago
  Traffic saturated cities like Bangalore and Beijing have the strongest reasons to make self driving vehicles work, however. It is laughable that Americans would be the ones to do this, given their relatively traffic light cities (even LA is nothing compared to BJ) and high rates of personal car ownership.
  - omosubi 8y ago
    Don't the traffic saturated cities have a better incentive to make public transportation as good as possible? Less people on the roads seems like it would benefit everyone in that case, whereas most american cities are too sparse to support that kind of infrastructure
    - seanmcdirmid 8y ago
      They do that as well. The problem persists inspite of Beijing’s huge and growing subway system. Take myself as an example, I decided taking a taxi to work was worth it over a subway ride because of the crowded conditions...even though it lived and worked near stations on the same line. American cities has plenty of space to build new roads, that isn’t possible in many Chinese cities. Anyways, roads and private transportation will always be there, why not optimize it along with a decent public transit system to boot?
- toast0 8y ago
  The key is to start with a self-driving autorickshaw. Then you can pathfind as a straight line and just move forward whenever there is at least an inch of space. The real trick will be automating the horn.
  - tspike 7y ago
    LOL. On second thought, that... might actually work.