Autonomous Vehicles

[adam cool dude]

We’re communist now I guess as we have speed limits, which means realistically the person in the Ford Focus and Aston Martin are going to get from A-B in the same time.

Yes we have speed limits but no acceleration or deceleration limits.

 

[adam cool dude]

All very important on motorways during rush hour...

Wait...!

As already mentioned that acceleration, deceleration and corner speed could still be used on empty minor roads, just not busy motorways. Coincidentally that’s generally the situation now. Go figure...

There are other places in the country other than London, you are just clutching at straws now. If you seriously think that car companies are going to create one equal car and everyone else will be happy to buy that you are living in cloud cuckoo land.

 

[adam cool dude]

This thread clearly shows the difference between people who think the status quo is maintainable long into the future (which it isnt), and those that can see that change is necessary and not beyond the wit of man.

Why is it not maintainable?

 

[adam cool dude]

Do you even have to ask?!

You're happy with your drive times?
You're happy with the number of people killed on the roads each year?
You're happy with the number of people injured on the roads each year?
You're happy with being delayed for hours on end on the motorway due to accidents caused by human error?
You're happy with the cost of motoring?
You're happy with the pollution caused by vehicles?
You're happy that older or disabled people do not have independent mobility?
You're happy with drunk drivers on the road?

Just a few examples.

And dont forget - the majority of the above will get much worse in the in future unless we do something about it.

This has been the same for the past 100 years. Why is it such a problem now? All those things have gotten better over time so again why is it not sustainable if we can sustain it now and everything is getting better?

Cost of motoring is not going to get any cheaper with Autonomous cars either. Government will not allow it to happen. My current cost of motoring is more taxation than anything else. Infact my VED is more expensive than insurance now.

Pollution doesn't even have anything too do with autonomous cars either!

 

[adam cool dude]

economics for a start, the rest of the world will implement AV and will have a massive cost saving over those that dont. its a huge cost as everything has to be transported.
That's the strongest reason for why its unsustainable but not the only reason.

and no it won't just be replacing one issue with another. IT IS SAFER. meaning you're replacing lots of accidents with few but maybe new reasons for accidents.

Where are we going to put all those people that now do not have a job? You are talking 600,000 jobs wiped out in the UK alone. Place them in the cab and you are not really gaining anything.