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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Just to be Devil's advocate... if compulsory pulse and glide helps economy, doesn't compulsory tailgating also help econony? Personally I can't wait anymore for a completely autonomous fleet of cars. Driving has always been one of my favorite things and I would argue nothing has in reality given America more freedom then our roads and cars. I just hope there is an effort to maintain the freedom part to go when and where you want for next to nothing with animinity while eliminating the ability to be an ass to everyone else.
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Eventually what's going to happen is the NHTSA is going to approve some kind of truck-to-truck communication about vehicle position and speed and hazard detection, and give some limited control to onboard computers on the trucks, allowing trucks to draft eachother semi-autonomously and very safely. This technology will then be made available to passenger cars.
Auto enthusiasts will demand the continued right to drive even as other cars become more automated; what will happen is there will be dedicated lanes on the highway for automated cars only while the rest of us have to use the normal lanes.
I think the compulsory P&G someone else mentioned above was more of a joke... hitting the gas then slamming on the brakes in bumper to bumper traffic like we see on the highways isn't P&G.