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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by tetris11 on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @05:19AM (#41298282)
sounds great in the US where cars are first class citizens in cities, but it feels like a loss for pedestrians in more mixed cities.

Though I suppose, mixed cities will ultimately push cars out, which will separate the two better and allow the car world to do whatever automated works it wants without harming anyone

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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by maccard on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @05:26AM (#41298324)
Not all roads are in cities, though. I'd be fine with "manual" driving in a city if I could turn on smart-cruise-control on the motorway and let it do its thing at 40/60/70 knowing that I can relax just a little bit more. Doubly so if in an EV world, the cars can talk to each other and a central network to say "I'm going to need to charge in X km, so I can use charger A, B, or C" and they communicate to minimise wait times across the board.
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