• Sizzler@slrpnk.net
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    8 months ago

    It’ll be interesting to see how it pans out, with local city traffic being essentially reduced to all taxis and only the countryside 4x4 and farm vehicles being the last hold out of human control because of hilly terrain. Once the lorries go fully self-controlled (note: modern lorries have a lot of driver support aids as it is.) it’ll only be a matter of time.

    Totally agree that car incidents will go down dramatically, some police forces will see their entire income disappear. Soo many changes that we can’t even imagine coming.

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      8 months ago

      Good points. I bet local towns are the biggest holdout just because of dependence on ticket revenue.

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        8 months ago

        I included that line thinking of America, it vastly reduces police interaction chance as well which gives me more thought.

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        8 months ago

        I did think about that whilst I included farm vehicles but meant support rather than harvesters.

        I wonder if any lessons have been used and applied from the farm industries automation which is great when applied to a specific area as opposed to general driving.

        It’s very GPS driven from what I’m aware with the accurate measuring GPS units being thousands of pounds which obviously restricts it for use in the consumer market.