Re:Why you have (probably) already bought your last car
by braindouche on Friday October 12, 2018 @11:53AM
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"(unless you can manage to turn the road system into a closed system, like rail is)"
I still don't understand why everyone is working so hard trying to make smart cars when it seems like smart roads that control dumb cars would be a simpler, if more expensive, solution. Why not make it a closed system?
Re:Why you have (probably) already bought your last car
by kbob on Friday October 12, 2018 @04:44PM
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Because it is open. Things like wildlife, children, drunks, falling trees, snow, ice, flood waters, rock slides, and unsecured cargo can enter the road at any point.
I still don't understand why everyone is working so hard trying to make smart cars when it seems like smart roads that control dumb cars would be a simpler, if more expensive, solution. Why not make it a closed system?