Re:Self-driving car on Moscow streets after snowfall [video]
by romwell on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @08:16PM
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Indeed!
Since off-road use for smart cars is comparatively small, we should optimize the roads to be smart-car friendly.
Perhaps we could install systems which would enable smart cars to stay in lanes, perhaps with some hardware preventing the smart cars from going off-road.
And while we're there, we could also have systems providing charge built right into the road! Wouldn't that be neat?
The lane-keeping and power systems could allow regular cars to operate on the same roads, for backwards compatibility reasons.
Sounds too expensive to build? Not until you realize that you've re-invented the infrastructure for trams and trolleys put in place a 100 years ago.
Since off-road use for smart cars is comparatively small, we should optimize the roads to be smart-car friendly.
Perhaps we could install systems which would enable smart cars to stay in lanes, perhaps with some hardware preventing the smart cars from going off-road.
And while we're there, we could also have systems providing charge built right into the road! Wouldn't that be neat?
The lane-keeping and power systems could allow regular cars to operate on the same roads, for backwards compatibility reasons.
Sounds too expensive to build? Not until you realize that you've re-invented the infrastructure for trams and trolleys put in place a 100 years ago.