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goobster  ·  2256 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 14, 2018

    ...help municipalities prepare for autonomous vehicles by building dedicated bus lanes that connect to highways...

LEFT LANE ON/OFFRAMPS for autonomous vehicles!

I've been thinking about this a lot, and the left lane (in countries that drive on the right) is largely reserved for "specialty" traffic, like HOV, dedicated bus lanes, or even just the passing lane.

Left lane exits for vehicles that are "smarter" than the average driver, would allow shorter on/off ramps (acceleration/deceleration lanes), easier merging into the normal flow of traffic (because human-driven cars are generally turning right), and eliminate the need to negotiate lane changes with humans (moving right across multiple lanes to a human-driver exit).

Am I wrong about this?