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Re:Waymo significantly outperforms comparable human benchmar... by ortusdux on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @12:44PM (#38711353)
I can't find the report, but IIRC there was a study that calculated that autonomous driving could triple the carrying capacity of highways because they could safely reduce following distance. They also estimated fuel/energy savings due to them being able to collectively draft of each other.
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Re:Waymo significantly outperforms comparable human benchmar... by bsder on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @05:19PM (#38714410)
Yeah, right, ever seen "following distance" at rush hour in a US city? I've got a higher chance of seeing a unicorn.

In reality, self-driving cars would help by increasing following distance and leaving a genuine gap so people don't crash every goddamn day on the same arterial roads.

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