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sounds_sound · 4352 days ago · link · · parent · post: Fasten Your Seatbelts: Google's Driverless Car Is Worth Trillions
Not to digress, but that reminds me of a funny David Cross bit about electric scissors. Question: Do you drive often? Do you spend a lot of time in traffic where you live?More time, pure and simple.
You keep saying that driverless cars will compound the evil that cars apparently already are. I don't get why.
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.
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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.