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Re:All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving ... by bluehawk on Thursday October 20, 2016 @11:57AM (#12753442)
Instantaneous response times doesn't stop the laws of physics. It still takes longer to stop the faster you are going.
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Re:All Tesla Cars Being Produced Now Have Full Self-Driving ... by mikeash on Thursday October 20, 2016 @12:09PM (#12753563)
Of course, but with instantaneous reaction times you can achieve the same stopping distance at higher speeds. If it takes one second for a driver to start braking when something happens (which is about the average) then a human driver going 65MPH will have the same stopping distance as an autonomous car going 78MPH.
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