True, but this can be compensated for. Current vehicle design is based on human-operated gas vehicles - so it better be aerodynamic (to save gas), and a human needs to be in the front (to see) with only a glass to separate, and it needs a particular stopping action (again a consequence of carrying humans without enough separation). This has unfortunate implications for noise and stopping distance. Electric-powered AV can have creative designs to enable much quicker (yet safe) stopping action, an action which AV would also make rarer.
Autonomous vehicles can have faster reaction time, but once they hit the brakes, stopping distance will still increase with speed because it's limited by the friction between tires and pavement. Unless you put parachutes or rockets on these vehicles, or thrust spikes into the pavement...
There's no reason a car should have only 4 wheels, we can even have special wheels deployed only when the breaks are hit at high speed. The AI will be disciplined enough to always use them when necessary (or maybe use an automatic system based on speed alone?).
Or you can have a different wheel count and arrangement normally, as the AI can be trained for this. We don't have to standardize AV cars as much as we have to standardize cars for humans.
True, but this can be compensated for. Current vehicle design is based on human-operated gas vehicles - so it better be aerodynamic (to save gas), and a human needs to be in the front (to see) with only a glass to separate, and it needs a particular stopping action (again a consequence of carrying humans without enough separation). This has unfortunate implications for noise and stopping distance. Electric-powered AV can have creative designs to enable much quicker (yet safe) stopping action, an action which AV would also make rarer.
Autonomous vehicles can have faster reaction time, but once they hit the brakes, stopping distance will still increase with speed because it's limited by the friction between tires and pavement. Unless you put parachutes or rockets on these vehicles, or thrust spikes into the pavement...
There's no reason a car should have only 4 wheels, we can even have special wheels deployed only when the breaks are hit at high speed. The AI will be disciplined enough to always use them when necessary (or maybe use an automatic system based on speed alone?).
Or you can have a different wheel count and arrangement normally, as the AI can be trained for this. We don't have to standardize AV cars as much as we have to standardize cars for humans.
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