Re:Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Neva...
by kamaal on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @04:06AM
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>>The main problem with cars in the US is suburban sprawl. A large percentage of the population live in places where a car is required to go anywhere. It's a mess, a disaster of urban planning that's probably impossible to fix.
If you think US urban planning is in a mess, come to India. I bet these self driven cars can't survive for even minutes on any street.
In India, you practically have to chase street dogs, dodge cricket balls, avoid kids playing on the road, find the road in a road of full of potholes, use breath control techniques to escape the stench and lanes are nothing short of mazes which you can't find a way out unless you've lived years in that area.
I am not sure if self driven cars can ever work here.
Re:Google gets license to test drive autonomous cars on Neva...
by induscreep on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @11:33AM
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Sounds like a good research problem/job opportunity.
In Germany, even in the more rural areas, you can typically walk 15-20 minutes to a town with shops, or get a bus even closer than that. That's not so in much of the US. If you don't live in one of the few walkable cities with decent public transit, you're gonna need a car.