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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by w1ntermute on Tuesday August 07, 2012 @08:00PM (#4353075)
> I honestly don't see any of these cars driving in the crazy traffic of Cairo, Istanbul, or any other metropolis from the rest of Asia or Africa.

You're wrong. Japan is also planning on introducing self-driving cars shortly.

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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by alwaysinshade on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @01:01AM (#4354005)
I think the parent poster meant cities where the road rules amount to a functioning car horn. The roads of Japan are nothing like Cairo/Istanbul etc. There are a lot of cars - but they drive in an orderly, predictable manner.

On a related note: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurikamome

In Tokyo they already have an automated transit system that is basically a truck on rails. See this image to get a better picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Model_7000-Fourth_of_Yurik...

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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by nandemo on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @10:14AM (#4355632)
Yurikamome is just a driverless train.
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Re:Google's Autonomous cars complete 300,000 miles without a... by alwaysinshade on Wednesday August 08, 2012 @06:46PM (#4358514)
It's not a train in the classical sense - it has rubber tires. More like a truck confined to a rail.
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