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Indeed. Most countries' driving laws for good reason demand that you must maintain enough distance to the vehicle in front of you so that if it hard-breaks sur
by nh2 2y ago
Indeed.
Most countries' driving laws for good reason demand that you must maintain enough distance to the vehicle in front of you so that if it hard-breaks surprisingly for _whatever reason_, you will not touch it.
Lots of people ignore that. They are bad drivers. This normalises bad driving.
Robot cars being very good at breaking quickly just makes that more obvious, and will hopefully educate more people to drive in practice how they should have been driving all along.
- watwut 2y agoI tried that. What happens is that other cars will put themselves into the space in front of you. If you slow down to make more space, it will happen more and more. Basically, it is impossible to keep that distance on half busy road.
- CalRobert 2y agoSadly true, and ur drove me insane when I was riding in San Diego. It helps when places actually ticket people who tailgate.
- ghaff 2y agoI was driving someone in for an appointment in a particularly insane area of a city where I don't often drive. They were somewhat gently chiding me for not adjusting my driving to be more aggressive. And this is someone who I would consider a fairly careful driver.
- nytesky 2y agoAbsolutely true. The worst is thru lanes and backed up turn lanes, where if you aren’t Gandalf on the stone bridge, you will be cut off by hundreds of cars from the “thru” lane.