Comment Chicken and egg... (Score 3, Informative) 339
Insurance companies will want real proof that such a system will be stable and as secure as today's intersections before even half-considering it.
Such proof for this system will require that ALL cars in the area be equipped with such systems and an equally large number of intersections handled.
This roadblock to development was what happened to a demo for a system in which cars controlled by computers would follow magnets in a road and drive within 1m of other cars. That was a couple of years back in San Diego.
If cars are going to be automated someday, we'll need to find some compromise which does not require implementation for all vehicles on a road- i.e. a lane for truckers on long stretches of highway.
That's just my 2 cents. Something like this would be really cool should we ever get to this point....or we could just get flying cars and fly over :)
Such proof for this system will require that ALL cars in the area be equipped with such systems and an equally large number of intersections handled.
This roadblock to development was what happened to a demo for a system in which cars controlled by computers would follow magnets in a road and drive within 1m of other cars. That was a couple of years back in San Diego.
If cars are going to be automated someday, we'll need to find some compromise which does not require implementation for all vehicles on a road- i.e. a lane for truckers on long stretches of highway.
That's just my 2 cents. Something like this would be really cool should we ever get to this point....or we could just get flying cars and fly over
