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> Maybe if they re-invent trains or buses again You joke, but I've heard more than one argument about how self-driving cars will drastically improve traffic be
by elbasti 2y ago
> Maybe if they re-invent trains or buses again
You joke, but I've heard more than one argument about how self-driving cars will drastically improve traffic because, for inter-city travel, they will be able to drive very close together on the highway in a long convoy, leaving almost no space between cars...
- thechao 2y ago150 cars long! 90000 horsepower! May Immortan Joe live forever!!! To the Vineyards!
- DANmode 2y agoIt'll end up being the opposite that causes a positive effect, if there's one to be had. Leaving proper gaps (which next to nobody reading this will be familiar with!) allows for cars to cross, or even merge.
- miki123211 2y agoI don't think it's such a bad idea, actually. There's value in having something that can drive in a "train", but that can also disconnect when needed and drive on its own. If you're driving long distance, you get the advantages of a train, but door-to-door, with no scheduling conflicts and no egregious stop times. If your destination is 5 minutes away, it's still a car.
- elbasti 2y agoOr, you know, you could drive (or bike! or waymo!) to the local train station, which should have <30 min, well-scheduled, predictable headways to major cities, then take a train that goes 150+mph, and then drive (or bike! or waymo!) to your final destination, for _far_ less total energy expenditure. Every car in a train-caravan is schlepping along its own engine, crumple zones, airbags....and with rubber tires... ...its frankly idiotic.