Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals
by encoderer on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:36AM
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People drive more safely on roads without guardrails, but that is not a good enough reason to ban guard rails. On the contrary, you've already seen Mercedes add these features to every one of their new cars sold, it's only a matter of time before all automakers do the same.
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals
by mason240 on Monday September 12, 2016 @12:16PM
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When people drive on roads with guard rails, they don't think "hey, I have more time to send this text because the rail will stop my car from going over the cliff."
Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals
by DubiousPusher on Monday September 12, 2016 @12:41PM
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But they will take a corner faster because they don't feel as vulnerable.
Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals
by et-al on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:58PM
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Yeah, ever since they put a divider (the "Zipper") on the Golden Gate Bridge drivers have been speeding more [0], but it's still better than having some plastic sticks separating opposing lanes of traffic.
[0]: http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/01/23/chp-tackles-surge-in-s...