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Call me a pessimist but I see so many things wrong with this idea that it isn't even funny. Watch this video and tell me what you think. Thanks to Chuck for the link.
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Sorry Steve, but I think your analysis of this as a FAIL is the only FAIL going on here..
If I wanted to be in a bus, I would take the bus. This is what this seems like to me, except that in a bus you don't pay insurance, get tickets, or have to deal with gas prices.
I don't see many people who love to watch someone else tail lights all day long. It would drive me crazy. I need my own lane, going at my own pace.
It ranks right up there with the Disney roads and cars of the future-
YouTube - ‪Magic Highway USA (HQ)‬‏
(yes, circa 1958)
Guess which one would probably be most opposed to this new driving technology, even if it extensive tests proves it to be safer?
10 cars and a truck to get 10 people to work is a GOOD idea?
There's a problem with this. The human factor can also further increase mileage in a car.Can you imagine the gas efficiency you could get out of the entire system if it was automated? I bet if you remove the human factor of jamming on the gas/brakes we could reduce oil imports anywhere from 10% - 25%.
Just my opinion...BUT...that "anti-swerve" stuff is fail when you are swerving to avoid a collision and the car auto-corrects. Self parking cars make drivers WORSE. Auto detection is fail if you are accelerating to avoiding being rear ended when your Volvo slams on the skids for you. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Yes, but the whole scenario in the video is defeated by ..... a city bus. (we already have those)
10 cars and a truck to get 10 people to work is a GOOD idea?
There's a problem with this. The human factor can also further increase mileage in a car.
A. When I'm driving down a hill, I like to put the car in neutral so the engine idles lower, and I save on gas.
B. A lot of times I like to let the car coast and avoid hitting the brake pedal. This will often have me going over the speed limit, but saves on gas.
C. In a automatic transmission, if you life the gas pedal just right, the torque converter will lock up, which will lower the engines idle. For my car, the sweet spot is around 40 MPH, where my engine is only running at 1.5k RPM.
D. Finally, a manual transmission allows the driver an infinite amount of control over the engine, and usually gives much better gas mileage over an automatic. Allowing this such as shifting early, to taking advantage of an engine with high torque, and thus allowing the car to run at lower RPM. Some automatics like from BMW's, like to run the engine at higher RPM, and often shift late.
The only reason this would get better mileage then a human being, is because the human being is a terrible driver. You know, the type of person who likes to hold the brake and the gas at the same time.
Millions of people already trust their lives to autopilots on planes everyday. Mid-air collisions are extraordinarily rare events.
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Just my opinion...BUT...that "anti-swerve" stuff is fail when you are swerving to avoid a collision and the car auto-corrects. Self parking cars make drivers WORSE. Auto detection is fail if you are accelerating to avoiding being rear ended when your Volvo slams on the skids for you. etc. etc. etc. etc.
Yes, but the whole scenario in the video is defeated by ..... a city bus. (we already have those)
10 cars and a truck to get 10 people to work is a GOOD idea?
True enough, but there also aren't a hundred million planes in the air.
This thread exemplifies the difference between American and European ideas about what is good or bad. I think road trains are brilliant. What's with you Americans?
I don't know why there are people that think this is "fail" or about "more government", etc.
This is basically like creating ad-hoc virtual trains on a highway to increase traffic efficiency. Germans automakers have been making auto-piloted cars for years and there are millions of euros going into research into that at Mercedes and BMW.
This road train is much safer than those concepts which are driven by radar and GPS. At least there is a lead vehicle that drives the whole train.
I am the same.If I wanted to be in a bus, I would take the bus. This is what this seems like to me, except that in a bus you don't pay insurance, get tickets, or have to deal with gas prices.
I don't see many people who love to watch someone else tail lights all day long. It would drive me crazy. I need my own lane, going at my own pace.