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Plyphon t1_iuf5rgm wrote

Reply to comment by Poltras in Ford and VW Abandon the Self-Driving Road to Nowhere. Big story that with little fanfare by newleafkratom

Agreed.

The reason that hasn’t happened though is someone needs to pay for it, and no manufacturer will pay for the development of systems all the competition can use, and no government can afford anything like that as it’ll take years to develop and great cost.

A neutral private company could agree to finance the development and install and licence the hardware to manufacturers but that’s a real risky bet.

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ChinesePropagandaBot t1_iuhjlx0 wrote

> and no government can afford anything like that as it’ll take years to develop and great cost

Really? The Netherlands already has something like this, although it works with an API, not wireless sensors.

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Plyphon t1_iuhju0o wrote

That’s cool - never heard of that - do you know what it’s called or have a link I can read about?

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ChinesePropagandaBot t1_iuhp5fy wrote

You can find the real time traffic data for the netherlands here: https://opendata.ndw.nu/?C=M;O=D

Not entirely sure which one contains the traffic light data, but basically there's different streams for live traffic, traffic lights, bridge openings, informational signs above the road etc. which you can all read from the car, live.

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Plyphon t1_iuhpop8 wrote

This is cool. I love this type of open data utopia.

Now we just need all car manufacturers to agree to using this data, and to agree to exchange the data not only with the government but also with other cars on the road.

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