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They'll get hit and sheared off by plows and over-size loads, or just by drunks or idiots still driving dumb cars. I do not think people have a solid grasp of
by thrower123 7y ago
They'll get hit and sheared off by plows and over-size loads, or just by drunks or idiots still driving dumb cars.
I do not think people have a solid grasp of how many millions of miles of road would need to be technified for self-driving cars to be widely viable.
Most likely, it's going to be a niche thing, tightly restricted to certain places that can afford to build and maintain the infrastructure.
- mopsi 7y agoDon't know about the US, but most roads in Europe already have coded reflectors to aid identification of lane geometry. Roadside reflectors have become a standard feature even on small rural roads, they're just hollow plastic half-tubes with reflecting strips on them. Cheap to install, cheap to maintain. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=road+reflectors&t=ffab&ia=images&iax=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=road+reflectors&t=ffab&ia=images&i...
- rixed 7y agoI, for one, already fail to grasp where we manage to get the funds required to clear and level the land and butter a fresh layer of asphalt on top of it regularly enough to build and maintain that many roads to begin with.