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Originally Posted by darcane
To be fair, 98% of drivers on the road don't see these either....
*sigh*
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Oh how true, but that still allows ME to avoid THEIR stupidity. Did that on my bike yesterday, gal pulls over into me but I was not quite beside her (intentionally) so she just got a horn to notify her of her mistake. I generally avoid being next to people, if possible. Will a computer do that? Only if it is programmed to do that.
There is no way any CPU can duplicate human intuition and anticipation in driving, at least not MY anticipation and intuition. A good example is observing the vehicles around you for potential issues that could be catastrophic, or something like adding separation when others are not, unless your automated car can see through steel.
Misaligned wheels, vehicle crabbing
Obvious defects potential falling parts
Last second swerves into your lane
Would it be an improvement over the clueless 98%? Sure. Would it be able to take compound issues like sitting at abusy intersection and seeing that you are about to be seriously rear ended and you blast out of the way in heavy traffic and do it safely.
And to even think that you will see the Interstate highway system in the US overhauled to accomodate an automated vehicle only lane would probably cost more than the current national debt.
Just let Fed EX deliver you by drone.
5 million per vehicle 100 million vehicles, 500 trillion in bond. That's about 6 times the total net worth of the whole USA.
Much cheaper to build vacuum tube transportation system.
regards
Mech