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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by itishappy on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @07:03PM (#41304969)
Waves are caused by starting at different times, and connected vehicles can coordinate their start time. Yes, you need more space with speed, but a fleet can handle that with different acceleration curves instead of varied starts.

This isn't entirely true, connected vehicles would still have some delay due to radio propagation time, but it's ns per vehicle instead of hundreds of milliseconds. Additionally, you can entirely compensate for it in ways you really can't with humans.

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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by KoolKat23 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @04:49AM (#41308228)
Also a connected vehicle could potentially tell much if the car ahead is actively accelerating. Reducing it's need to brake if it can tell there's sufficient distance to negate braking (a bit more risky).
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