Bravo
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We've had this discussion a lot lately among various transportation/traffic engineers in my department. The one thing that we all agree on is that a fully autonomous system is safest and only truly works when everyone is utilizing the technology. There will be a time period when the most dangerous part of this technology will be the fact that human drivers still exist on the roadway.With that said, we are a long...long...long ways off from mandated fully autonomous. To do so would require making said vehicles affordable on the used market for lower income households.
The reality is that robotic vehicles are incredible at communication and reading the intentions of other robotic vehicles. Human behavior, however, is one of the most unpredictable things in the known universe. An autonomous vehicle can do a very good job at detecting this erratic behavior, but more often than not a collision will still result due to the delay in detection (vs an autonomous vehicle having a failure and instantaneously notifying all other vehicles in the area of this failure and what precautions to take).
So back to the mandatory use of these vehicles - it has to happen. When, we're not sure, but the system doesn't work until then.
As someone who heavily leans to the libertarian side, mandatory anything doesn't sit right with me.
The government could easily say, "You want to drive on publicly funded roads, you must use these vehicles. Can't afford one? Here are a list of services that will come pick you up and bring you to your destination."
We could be entering an age where many drivers (especially those with lesser income) use rental services rather than owning their own vehicle.
Time will tell...
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