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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
So maybe speed limit to 40 on country A roads rather than national speed limit might be statistically a better apprach than limit to 70 on the motorway.
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There is a road near where I was brought up in Devon which is now a 40mph limit. It's not in a built up area, it's dead straight for a mile or more, it's wide enough for cars to pass safely. The road always was, and still should be, national speed limit.
The problem is that all the local boy racers used to hoon along there at 100mph so rather than do something about that they decide to put a 40 in and penalise all law abiding people who do 60. They are making an ass of the law as well with a stupid speed limit.
Where I live now in London, our borough wants to make all the roads 20mph. On 90% of them this is the right thing to do, but the problem is that they are also planning to do it on the more major roads that actually go somewhere and not just the residential roads. Again, they are going to get limits that no-one will respect.
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The question the is. Will you ever buy a car or just hail your personal vehicle to take you to your destination. That could then kill railways, bus and car companies.
Automatic traffic spacing control would be useful too - it would actually improve traffic flow, since a big problem is the start-stop 'waves' in heavy traffic. In theory, if everyone maintains a exact constant speed and distance from the car in front you don't get hold-ups.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The only way to enforce it would be a Big Brother style monitoring system. That is somewhere we don't want to go.
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Sure California will have some but I think even your 2030 prediction for the UK is way too early. Remember my last point was that the cost has to come down to a utility level - I really do not see the need for a driverless car converting all those people who drive secondhand cars. Even then, the rich have to buy new ones and they will need to age and be proven over 5-10 years before they get passed on in sufficient numbers in the secondhand market.
Has any estimate been done on what the demand for driverless cars will be?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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funny how we keep using that euphemism "accident" isn't it?
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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