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Having smaller cars would actually be a good thing in that it would reduce the space wastage without changing the number of occupants. Don't know if you'd count
by saraid216 13y ago
Having smaller cars would actually be a good thing in that it would reduce the space wastage without changing the number of occupants. Don't know if you'd count that as technology in the sense of self-driving cars, though.
Self-driving cars can help traffic congestion in the sense that, if you can tell your car you don't care how long it takes to get somewhere, it might route you through a longer path and consequently help rebalance the load. Maybe.
- eigenvector 13y agoThis seems intuitively true but isn't. The majority (90%) of the space taken by a car at highway speeds is actually due to the buffer zone around it due to speed and not the size of the vehicle itself. Smaller cars don't increase highway throughput appreciably.
- maxerickson 13y agoThe auto driving car will be connected to a network and have a nice GPS, all you have to do is charge a fee for the shorter route. (I don't think people will be very excited about dynamic road tolls, but I think it would be at least somewhat effective in shaping behavior)