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Re:The most revolutionary thing about self-driving cars is d... by sharemywin on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @03:33PM (#14597745)
How do 2 cars cruise 60 mph through a 4 way stop without talking with each other.
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Re:The most revolutionary thing about self-driving cars is d... by quasse on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @03:38PM (#14597824)
That's a bit different from talking to "the cloud" as the parent poster was talking about. Cars will be using a short range radio technology like DSRC (5.9ghz band) to communicate locally. The FCC and DOT are already pushing mandates to have cars equipped with it.
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Re:The most revolutionary thing about self-driving cars is d... by Animats on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @04:19PM (#14598228)
Nobody is seriously trying to do that in a production vehicle. That would apply only to a highway system with all cars automated. Like this.[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm_rlLyelQo

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Re:The most revolutionary thing about self-driving cars is d... by sbierwagen on Tuesday June 20, 2017 @04:09PM (#14598119)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-to-vehicle

Talking to other cars is different from communicating over the internet.

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