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This brings up very interesting ideas and questions that will happen with autonomous cars. Routes and retail along those routes will enter a new era. Building

This brings up very interesting ideas and questions that will happen with autonomous cars. Routes and retail along those routes will enter a new era. Building a store you have to take into account algorithms of the vehicles. Slight changes to a widely used system could shut down a business faster than individual human choice (although it may also make other businesses seen more as it distributes traffic across more roads - hot spots could become medium and less travelled areas could become more lucrative). Also, wouldn't it lessen ad hoc pulling into McDonalds on the way home? If the machine is in control then you might not go get a donut even if it is along the route, you'd schedule it in more ahead of time. In the same way e-commerce is more direct, traveling will be more direct and the items at the checkout are not as distracting, same as passing other stores, you'll be busy doing other things like passengers possibly.

nightski 13y ago
I don't see any reason to believe why you are in any less control with a autonomous car. If anything, you would be in more control because making that quick decision turn into McDonalds would be as stressful as pushing a button.
- greeneggs 13y ago
  You think there's going to be a "McDonalds" button on the dashboard? No, you'll have to press half a dozen buttons to reroute, and so you'll have past the restaurant and won't bother. Whereas currently, your control is direct and immediate. Although (to argue against myself), why shouldn't there be a display that shows you the upcoming businesses along your route, that you can click on to reroute? Perhaps businesses who pay extra get slightly larger visuals or video ads, or get shown for a larger radius (for example, the default is to show businesses just to the immediate left and right, but pay extra to get shown a block to the left or right). Quick, file a patent. :)
  - jack-r-abbit 13y ago
    I use Waze on my phone for my car nav. When I am stopped, it will often pop up a small advert for something near by (usually offering some sort of deal) with a single button that says something like "Go there". Tapping that button will reroute me. If this was built into the car nav of an autonomous vehicle, I don't see why it would need to be more complicated than what we already have in other apps today.

nightski 13y ago

I don't see any reason to believe why you are in any less control with a autonomous car. If anything, you would be in more control because making that quick decision turn into McDonalds would be as stressful as pushing a button.

greeneggs 13y ago
You think there's going to be a "McDonalds" button on the dashboard? No, you'll have to press half a dozen buttons to reroute, and so you'll have past the restaurant and won't bother. Whereas currently, your control is direct and immediate. Although (to argue against myself), why shouldn't there be a display that shows you the upcoming businesses along your route, that you can click on to reroute? Perhaps businesses who pay extra get slightly larger visuals or video ads, or get shown for a larger radius (for example, the default is to show businesses just to the immediate left and right, but pay extra to get shown a block to the left or right). Quick, file a patent. :)
- jack-r-abbit 13y ago
  I use Waze on my phone for my car nav. When I am stopped, it will often pop up a small advert for something near by (usually offering some sort of deal) with a single button that says something like "Go there". Tapping that button will reroute me. If this was built into the car nav of an autonomous vehicle, I don't see why it would need to be more complicated than what we already have in other apps today.