Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park

Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park by dmortin on Friday February 01, 2019 @01:54PM (#19057221)

There can be single passenger cars too instead of the current 4-5 seaters, which will take up less space than current cars.

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Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park by conductr on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:24PM (#19057531)

This is an often overlooked point. Once near zero accidents are proven, all types of vehicle design options become feasible. Super narrow, super light, etc. It may even be feasible to change the roads. I fear we’re a long way away though.

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Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park by walshemj on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:18PM (#19057475)

good luck passing the crash tests

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Re:Self-driving cars will "cruise" to avoid paying to park by sokoloff on Friday February 01, 2019 @02:43PM (#19057722)

The crash test standards are passed by humans. If we get to a point where self-driving has dramatically (>95%) reduced crashes, crashworthiness becomes less of a pressing issue and we may be well advised to reduce the standards.

(I'm fairly bearish on the prospects/likelihood of self-driving cars in my lifetime, but that's orthogonal to the point above. If they exist, we might not need to build mini-tanks anymore.)

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