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Of course, like anything there will be major societal changes. But consider a few brighter possibilities: * Cars are all electric, since the one downside major
by mindvirus 3y ago
Of course, like anything there will be major societal changes. But consider a few brighter possibilities:
* Cars are all electric, since the one downside major downside (a long time to charge versus gas) is reduced if they can go charge themselves. So less pollution and noise.
* The number of cars may increase, but so will the capacity of roads due to faster speeds and higher density. So a city could possibly only have a couple of car accessible roads.
* Parking can also get denser, as cars can presumably park themselves and coordinate. So you could build a few massive parking garages (for example) to serve thousands of cars, or require them to park outside of the city.
- gpm 3y ago> Cars are all electric [...] So less [...] noise Tire noise dominates at speeds above roughly 30 kph (20 mph), so on reasonably fast roads not really. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Propulsion-noise-the-tyre-road-noise-and-the-total-A-weighted-level-from-a-passenger-car_fig4_266205731 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Propulsion-noise-the-tyr... Of course, self driving cars might also mean slower cars, because the drivers are less impatient, and if that is true then noise would go down. On the flip side, self driving cars might end up meaning faster cars because they can coordinate better, increasing noise levels.
- mejutoco 3y agoI honestly cannot imagine self-driving cars until trains never crash and trucks are automated.
- JohnFen 3y ago> The number of cars may increase, but so will the capacity of roads due to faster speeds and higher density. As someone who enjoys walking and biking, this strikes me a serious negative, not a positive.