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Even if there is no reaction time, 5' of space at 50mph is silly. You still need room to maneuver if whatever caused the vehicle ahead to throw on its breaks c

• URSpider94 7y ago
  It’s basically a virtual tandem semi. The presumption is that you are delegating command and control to the lead vehicle, and there is bidirectional communication between the lead and follow vehicles.
  • semi-extrinsic 7y ago
    Well, why don't we go a step further then and physically connect the vehicles? Maybe we can also make them longer and fit more passengers? And we could optimize the rolling friction, replace rubber on tarmac with something better like steel on steel, and use some sort of tracks to provide the sideways forces?
    • ericd 7y ago
      You jest, but I'd love it if we could automatically group cars into physically connected trains for long distance travel, and have them automatically split off when they approach their destination. Maybe there's some way to do that with rails, carrying peoples' cars, but not sure if the efficiency gain is worth the increased complexity of including another set of wheels/motors/etc, and making the automated separation/joining work with all of that.
    • erik_seaberg 7y ago
      Are the other passengers quiet and housebroken? Does the steel track go to my office? (Broken or misused rail switches cause a lot of accidents.)