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Currently all vehicles fit in the space of a lane. Unless your road is really large, the most efficient packing of cars really should be neatly aligning them al
by darkmighty 11y ago
Currently all vehicles fit in the space of a lane. Unless your road is really large, the most efficient packing of cars really should be neatly aligning them alongside. Vehicles are also very stable in the direction across the road, so stimulating separation in the perpendicular direction seems unnecessary.
I mean, if we are using AI to drive cars might as well use the most efficient configuration (and not one that only interacts with local neighbors as is required for fish).
Dynamic lanes seem useful though (if a bit scary).
- goodcanadian 11y agoSeparation in the perpendicular direction is required to allow room to maneuver left or right in the event of unexpected events (or even expected ones like oncoming traffic or emergency vehicles). This applies for both self-driving vehicles and human controlled ones.
- darkmighty 11y agoAutonomous vehicles could coordinate to allow manuevering. I mean, if there is enough space, surely you can keep cars at whatever separation, but in heavy traffic the most efficient would be leaving a lane on the right or left exclusive for emergency (or maybe coordinating vehicles for clearance).