the roads must roll
One of the wonders of the modern age is our highway system. Multi-ton vehicles hurtling along at great speed, often in very close proximity, cramped together in space yet still moving quickly, each of those heavy physical forces controlled independently by random humans. You're driving at a speed unimaginable to our ancestors, and then Joe Smith in his minivan with his 3 kids and wife passes you, going even faster. You can see the ketchup stain on one of the kid's cheeks, that is how close you are. A kid could scream and Joe's hands could twitch in the wrong direction, his vehicle could swerve, and before you knew it, you could be dead. All in less time than it took to read that sentence.
I am often amazed there isn't a great deal more accidents, given all that physics meshed with human frailty and nature.
Anyhoo, how long will it be before there is a highway in the US that uses automated driving, in any way?
The ATC system would seem to be a great testing ground for automated highway systems. The technology on airplanes and in cars would seem to make this idea quite plausible. Satellite monitoring is getting more and more precise. The technology might be there already, almost.
How long can it be before I will be able to merge onto the highway, get into the fast lane, then program my onboard guidance system to take me a few exits down the road, without me actively controlling the vehicle?
Or even more simply, how about just a lane of automated container transit (perhaps in the median) to ease the amount of diesel trucking clogging highways?
I am often amazed there isn't a great deal more accidents, given all that physics meshed with human frailty and nature.
Anyhoo, how long will it be before there is a highway in the US that uses automated driving, in any way?
The ATC system would seem to be a great testing ground for automated highway systems. The technology on airplanes and in cars would seem to make this idea quite plausible. Satellite monitoring is getting more and more precise. The technology might be there already, almost.
How long can it be before I will be able to merge onto the highway, get into the fast lane, then program my onboard guidance system to take me a few exits down the road, without me actively controlling the vehicle?
Or even more simply, how about just a lane of automated container transit (perhaps in the median) to ease the amount of diesel trucking clogging highways?