crtjer t1_iudig8a wrote on October 30, 2022 at 2:43 PM

I mean the true benefits only occur when all cars are autonomous

garbans t1_iuel1mh wrote on October 30, 2022 at 7:05 PM

And interconnected between them, hopefully we don't have another ios/android situation, they have learnt their lessons.. right?

kyler000 t1_iufzqao wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:01 AM

Easy fix. Governments could mandate an industry standard communication protocol. We're seeing something similar with USB-C.

hicow t1_iugf0sg wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:02 AM

Not just that, though - are non-autonomous cars going to be outlawed? Even if a full L5-capable car were released tomorrow, it would be decades before they were common and inexpensive enough to replace non-autonomous vehicles for a huge chunk of the population

prfsr_moriarty t1_iuexbyr wrote on October 30, 2022 at 8:26 PM

And at that point pedestrians in cities will know that autonomous cars will stop to avoid hitting them, and jaywalking will grind traffic to a halt.

crtjer t1_iuf518z wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:17 PM

I think the benefits were more so for morning or evening commuter traffic. I think cities will continue to evolve to put pedestrian and biker ways over individual cars, even then I don't think it would cause traffic to purely halt because of jaywalking, especially with one person. If you had 100 jaywalkers then sure.