I can't wait till Porsche makes their self driving vehicle:
- Porsche Self Driving: there's no substitute to getting there faster
- Optimum signaling (lying) to other cars about size
- Pre-emptive lane changes to get other cars to yield to it
... etc
Soeone is going to game the system and make cars that if not advertised to, known to be bad actors in that they'll take advantage of others to move faster through traffic. Especially if one of the favorite fantasy's, swarm driving comes true.
Someone is also going to realize if they pulse their sensors in a certain way they can get other cars to move, slow down, speed, up, etc that will be to their advantage.
Self driving cars aren't going to be some communist utopia where everyone gets there equally, it's going to be Darwinian capitalist just like everythign else. I mean if the car drives you what does any nice car have to differentiate itself from any other than the nicest tv, leather, etc. You might as well ride in an RV at that point. Who cares if your car is fast and sweet like a tesla? if everything is self driving in a utopia you can't acutally make use of that. It's about as useful as the top end speed of a ferrari in manhattan.
I think this will go differently. When people are removed from the task of driving their focus will instead be on reading, sleeping, conversing etc, instead of insisting that they should pass every other vehicle. Traffic runs smoother when cars cooperate well, so there is a shared incentive for good behavior.
Traffic laws and regulations will become more precise in general, and especially with regards to cooperation between vehicles. Just as pollution is tested for today's cars, self-driving cars will be tested both in software and physical environments by regulatory agencies to verify that they behave within limits and cooperate correctly with other vehicles in the environment.
> Someone is also going to realize if they pulse their sensors in a certain way they can get other cars to move, slow down, speed, up, etc that will be to their advantage.
When requirements for self-driving behavior and cooperation are more precisely described, the data logged from real situations will make it far easier than today to identify bad actors after the fact. As long as there are manual cars and autonomous cars, some human drivers may find it amusing to exploit the carefulness of the autonomous vehicles. However if such exploits becomes problematic, the data available from the autonomous vehicles will make it easy to fine the offending drivers.
Synchronized car and traffic signs is such a bliss. When you hit long avenues with just the adequate amount of cars at the right timing, you smoothly roll through it in no time, at 30mph; I take great pleasure in this. I wish cities tried to find more ways to ensure that. Maybe in these days of Uber like data sharing it might be worth thinking.
Of course this will have to exist for emergency services vehicles, but if you use the "I am an emergency vehicle get out of the way" pulse and it's not true, you get arrested.
And if there is a market for paying people('s cars) to give way so you can make your meeting, I swear most people will ignore the market just to piss off the wanker in the braces.
But yes I can see there would be a market. Now, how are we doing on payment processing?
Another way to look at it is basic traffic violations will become federal offenses and you go away for years instead of paying a small fine.
I think people are overestimating how many companies will be involved. Google, Uber, and others are going to try to get cities to sign transportation rights over to them and run much of the show. Because it is simpler to control all the cars than some of them, this happens first rather than later. It also explains the sudden interest in trucking, because you have to deal with delivery vehicle solutions in cities too.
It changes the way cities deal with crime because criminals literally will have no where to go. Every method of transportation will require biometric identification. Rob a bank and you may be flagged before you even walk out of the front door. Good luck on foot.
If the tech exists for cars to negotiate access like this, stops signs won't exist any longer. It'll be easier for perfect, non-stop merging to take place.
stop signs are there not to help decide who passes intersections in which order. they are there to slow down traffic in areas where pedestrians can get on the road.
Soeone is going to game the system and make cars that if not advertised to, known to be bad actors in that they'll take advantage of others to move faster through traffic. Especially if one of the favorite fantasy's, swarm driving comes true.
Someone is also going to realize if they pulse their sensors in a certain way they can get other cars to move, slow down, speed, up, etc that will be to their advantage.
Self driving cars aren't going to be some communist utopia where everyone gets there equally, it's going to be Darwinian capitalist just like everythign else. I mean if the car drives you what does any nice car have to differentiate itself from any other than the nicest tv, leather, etc. You might as well ride in an RV at that point. Who cares if your car is fast and sweet like a tesla? if everything is self driving in a utopia you can't acutally make use of that. It's about as useful as the top end speed of a ferrari in manhattan.