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Rush hour in major cities would be an entirely different experience with automated cars. In my observation, the vast majority of congestion is caused by driver
by waterlesscloud 16y ago
Rush hour in major cities would be an entirely different experience with automated cars.
In my observation, the vast majority of congestion is caused by drivers either overcompensating for changes in conditions (ie slowing down even more than the car in front of you slowed down) or otherwise reacting slowly.
I believe highways could handle considerably more traffic if all the traffic were automated.
I think it's possible to see significant gains if only some of the cars were automated, actually.
- alttab 16y agoI think it's possible to see significant gains if only some of the cars were automated, actually. I've thought about this as well many times.
- KeithMajhor 16y agoIs it that an automated car could break a chain of overcompensation? This sounds really interesting could someone knowledgeable elaborate?
- Jach 16y agoLeft lane for automated cars, right lane for manual prudes. In mine and a lot of others' observation the main cause of traffic is people's inability to merge. People suck at it. And that in turn creates traffic waves... http://trafficwaves.org/ http://trafficwaves.org/
- mikepurvis 16y agoIncreased density of cars on the road has the potential for a huge economic wins, in terms of getting governments out of widening highways to increase throughput. Automated cars would be be able to (one day) receive information about down-the-road conditions and congestion which would enable the automation of William Beaty's "jam busting" techniques at a more expansive scale: http://amasci.com/amateur/traffic/trafexp.html http://amasci.com/amateur/traffic/trafexp.html (For example, slowing down gradually, rather than screeching to a stop as you pile into the back of a jam.)