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sounds_sound  ·  4352 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fasten Your Seatbelts: Google's Driverless Car Is Worth Trillions

    More time, pure and simple.

Not to digress, but that reminds me of a funny David Cross bit about electric scissors.

    You keep saying that driverless cars will compound the evil that cars apparently already are. I don't get why.

Question: Do you drive often? Do you spend a lot of time in traffic where you live?





user-inactivated  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It varies with the season but yes, when I drive, it's invariably in traffic.

thenewgreen  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·  

According to Bill Ford, driverless cars are the answer but then, I think he may be just a bit biased. Still, it's an interesting TED talk.

sounds_sound  ·  4351 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So he says "I'm driving on 94 and my car alerts me that there is traffic ahead and starts calculating a different route." Of course if all the cars were talking to each other, this would never happen because they wouldn't create the traffic in the first place.