We could fix autopilot problems across the entire USA in approximately one year. However it would not have a winner take all, Wall Street frothiness pump and

We could fix autopilot problems across the entire USA in approximately one year. However it would not have a winner take all, Wall Street frothiness pump and dump aspect to it. You put rfid tags in the asphalt, on the curbs and some kind of beacon on the telephone poles, or a 'wire in the road' (like a smarter version of the working system that GM built in the 70s) and then, because it is publicly owned infrastructure, everyone can use it. That goes against the current hypocritical faux-libertarianism that is espoused by some of our tech elites-but it would in fact work. I said a year, because that is how long it would take to install it. Edit to add: for fun, you can go on Mouser or Digikey and determine how to put the system together with off the shelf parts. Just add weather proofing...