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I would like to see such a system installed at a high volume intersection. When the light turns green the system instructs all the cars lined up to accelerate s
by bandyaboot 3y ago
I would like to see such a system installed at a high volume intersection. When the light turns green the system instructs all the cars lined up to accelerate simultaneously. The motivation isn’t necessarily practicality, just pure entertainment value.
- dghlsakjg 3y agoThat’s called a streetcar normally.
- dgunay 3y agoHonestly I wish people would just do that. It doesn't have to be in perfect lockstep but it significantly increases the amount of backed-up traffic you can get through the light in one cycle if everyone does that.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoOne reason super high traffic cities will probably be the first ones to mandate self driving cars will be to optimize limited road infrastructure. Surely Beijing and Shanghai would go for it, they already have what Americans would consider drastic rules that limit when you can drive your own car (like even odd days based on your license plate number).
- bandyaboot 3y agoNow that I think about it, cars’ existing adaptive cruise technology could probably be extended to accomplish something fairly close.