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This problem might get solved for self-driving vehicles by simply banishing non-autonomous vehicles (including bicycles and pedestrians) from the roads.
by spamizbad 5y ago
This problem might get solved for self-driving vehicles by simply banishing non-autonomous vehicles (including bicycles and pedestrians) from the roads.
- circular_logic 5y agoThat sounds like it would further increase car dependence in city's, how you see city's improving in this scenario?
- spamizbad 5y agooh I'm absolutely not saying this is a good idea. But what I am saying is that it could become politically feasible if tons of money gets poured into self-driving vehicles and they slowly chip away at "open" use of public streets. Look at what the automobile industry did with "jaywalking" and removal of street cars.
- gehatare 5y agoBanning all other traffic is of course a solution, but it is hugely unpopular for obvious reasons, so I doubt it will pass.
- antisthenes 5y agoIt will happen slowly, through raising the price of individual vehicles (you can already see the trend with electric vehicles - there are almost no affordable sub $30k cars), raising the price of insuring a human-driven vehicle, etc. It won't happen overnight, and probably take anywhere between 30-50 years, but it's definitely possible in the long term.
- rsj_hn 5y agoThe problem with that theory is that auto manufacturers face declining average costs and so are incentivized to produce more cars and sell them for a lower unit price. This is why the only source of auto inflation is by adding more features to the car. I don't see any reason why this would change in the future. For EVs, wait until cheap Chinese EVs flood the US market.