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Tbh, i think it will result in more frustration by drivers at large. Eg, think of on the freeway, note the people who drive the actual speed limit. They're driv
by fizzbatter 11y ago
Tbh, i think it will result in more frustration by drivers at large. Eg, think of on the freeway, note the people who drive the actual speed limit. They're driving perfectly, yet people constantly pass them.
It's worse on county roads (like in my local area, 50mph) without passing lanes. If you drive the speed limit you can almost guarantee to be passed by many cars, sometimes even dangerously, because it annoys people to go below the speed limit they perceive as correct.
I like to go around the speed limit (admittedly, simply to avoid tickets), usually ~3mph over, but it will annoy me to no end if i have to drive 5mph slower because of someone in front of me. On these popular county roads i speak of, i usually go faster than i want (5-10mph over), because i don't like being dangerously and needlessly passed.
Now, i'm not saying the self-driving cars are wrong in any way. I'm also aware that the roads i speak of will be among the last to get self driving cars. Nevertheless, i think humans will have to learn to drive far less aggressively. Though, when self-driving outnumber the normal drivers, it may not matter.
- singsing 11y agoone day manual driving on public roads will be outlawed, as is smoking in public spaces :)
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI wouldn't go so far as that. I liken it more to air travel. You'll be permitted to drive a car, but you'll require far more instruction, the environment will be much more closely monitored, and it'll be much easier to remove someone's privileges for safety infractions.
- Raphmedia 11y agoGoogle's driverless cars designed to exceed speed limit [http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28851996 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28851996]