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enid-jane discovered this in Transportation
•12 reviews since Jul 5, 2004
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enid-jane discovered 49 months ago- Adaptive cruise control may reduce gridlock
- tbhurst rated 2 months ago
- From the page: "Adaptive cruise control (ACC), as its name suggests, is a modified version of traditional cruise control. It employs radar to monitor the road ahead of a vehicle, automatically adjusting that vehicle's speed to maintain a safe distance from the one in front. "
- kempgreen rated 33 months ago
- An end to traffic-jams?
- TeaClipper rated 37 months ago
- The Economist is full of good info skewed to the point of view of investors. A lot of Britishisms that can be puzzling.
- leiaxe rated 37 months ago
- Or you could just leave a bigger space in front of you... and no, that doesn't mean driving slowly. It means driving at the same speed as everyone else, but just w/ a "bubble" in front of your car.
- jgweissman rated 37 months ago
- There is no way I would let a computer decide how fast my car goes.
- hobophobe rated 38 months ago
- Long-term, driving is simply an inefficient way of moving too many things. We need to realize that for long-distances, the majority of transportation should be consolidated with things like rail. Doing this cuts down on monetary costs as well as the resources used. Ultimately, once the bulk of a journey is sped up and consolidated, there is no need to have an autonomous vehicle going sixty miles per hour; autonomous electrical vehicles will be sufficient for the last stint. So, we endeavor to imagine what sort of solution we need that has the properties we desire.
- Herald rated 40 months ago
- People stopped using trains because they preferred their cars, now technology like this is turning cars into versions of trains. The path of technological developments is filled with ironies.
- B-in-the-woods rated 42 months ago
- driving is really boring these days anyway, might as well let the machines do more of it
