Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by trome on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @05:20PM
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Why should local municipalities foot the bill for adding beacons to stop lights, etc? I get trying to make infrastructure friendly towards self driving cars, but the general public should not be footing the bill for someone's life choice to buy such a vehicle.
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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by BurningFrog on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @06:56PM
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This is important traffic infrastructure, just like visual traffic lights and asphalt. That said, it can be paid for my many actors.
Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by walrus1066 on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @05:43PM
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Because if we do resolve these issues, our roads will be much, much safer with autonomous cars. 2k people die on the roads each year in the UK, multiples more sustain life long injuries. I was in an accident, which could have been prevented were it not for the 1 second it takes for a human to react to a situation.