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Originally Posted by redpoint5
1. I look forward to having my car drop me off, go home and recharge, and then pick me up at a location I specify with the phone app I'm using. No more looking for parking spots, no more parking fees.
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That will double your fuel use and increase traffic congestion.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
2. Traffic lights are annoying and inefficient. One day cars will calculate the most efficient speed to travel, be aware of other vehicles and mesh through intersections without stopping. No more stopping until you arrive at your destination.
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How would automated car fix that? Where I live now, all the traffic lights are triggered off sensors in the street. This often leads to randomness in the timing of the lights.
This drives me batty since I used to drive live near a city that used timed lights and I could drive from one side to the other without stopping!
Without an automated car.
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I wonder why people are worried by this and want to resist the inevitable?
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I actually enjoy driving and a car is more to me than an appliance to get from point A to point B.
I've also worked in IT and often saw failures in automation when unexpected events happened...
However, I'm not really against them, I just don't want one for myself.