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> All it takes is political will to scale up the same systems that guide robots today and install them onto every highway and main road Well, that and a massiv

• mopsi 7y ago
  Many places in the world already have reflectors installed into all major and many minor roads. Seems like a reliable and very cheap way of detecting lane geometry. https://www.worldhighways.com/_resources/assets/inline/custom/73/40218.jpg https://www.worldhighways.com/_resources/assets/inline/custo... Snow isn't a problem either, because reflectors can be (and often are) mounted onto plastic poles. https://c7.alamy.com/comp/EC79CD/reflector-signal-white-post-roadside-in-lonely-road-of-spain-europe-EC79CD.jpg https://c7.alamy.com/comp/EC79CD/reflector-signal-white-post...
• steelframe 7y ago
  >> All it takes is political will to scale up the same systems that guide robots today and install them onto every highway and main road > Well, that and a massive amount of infrastructure spend. And before we put anything close to that kind of money toward autonomous cars, I demand the spending go toward urban micromobility infrastructure first.