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Re:A trucker trying to hack the haulage industry [video] by Evolved on Wednesday January 14, 2015 @04:47PM (#8889352)
As the largest factor in accidents other than DUI is inattentiveness[1](tired or texting) then self-driving cars with limited ability for drivers to perform actions that could cause an accident or effect efficiency would be a huge boon.

Imagine saying, "sorry my car cut off your car!" with sincerity and a little tongue-in-cheek humor as well.

Then there's also the efficiency factor as far as maximizing capacity in lanes and maintaining speed to streamline commuting. Merging could be vastly improved if cars were able to zipper merge better.

[1] http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/humanfa...

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Re:A trucker trying to hack the haulage industry [video] by radicalbyte on Wednesday January 14, 2015 @05:14PM (#8889503)
These self-driving vehicles will most likely have a lower base risk for accidents - they don't get tired, they don't get distracted.

However their potential for a Black Swan event is enormous. They could run perfectly for 5 years then an unexpected bug could cause 50% of vehicles to spontaneously accelerate to max speed and then pull a hard right..

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