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Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Re: Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Post by phlux »

cal5k wrote: post #5

This is great news! Nevada is pretty consistently willing to be the reference case on a lot of forward-thinking ideas.

Prostitution, Gambling, 24-hour alcohol sales, Driverless cars, rentable fully automatic weapons!

Come to Nevada, we are the FUTURE!

EDIT: I was not actually bemoaning any of these, uh, services. I lived in Nevada for a few years and aside from the fact that I was traumatized against it by the game Fallout - actually like Nevada. It is one of those states that actually fantastic to live in if you have enough money/your own business.

I plan to retire back to the Nevada side of Tahoe. Lets see how well those driverless cars handle snow.

Re: Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Post by mkr-hn »

cal5k wrote: post #7
mkr-hn wrote: post #6

I think driverless cars could be the future of public transportation. Instead of big trains and buses with limited reach, we would have thousands of public vehicles that take you where you need to go when you need to be there. It eliminates the big barriers to public transport--the lack of personal space, timing, and reach. No car? Just hop on the municipal/county dispatch website, request a car, pay your fee, and wa…

I'll be honest, I'm waiting for commercially available vehicles so I can be the first to order a fleet of them and do just that :-)

This would be a big boon to any of the cities around me (like Athens [GA]). They have limited street parking, so the fees are big and the times are short. This would let you go to where you're going and send your car over to a high-density parking garage across town to wait for you.

Re: Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Post by dmix »

phlux wrote: post #11
cal5k wrote: post #5

This is great news! Nevada is pretty consistently willing to be the reference case on a lot of forward-thinking ideas.

Prostitution, Gambling, 24-hour alcohol sales, Driverless cars, rentable fully automatic weapons! Come to Nevada, we are the FUTURE! EDIT: I was not actually bemoaning any of these, uh, services. I lived in Nevada for a few years and aside from the fact that I was traumatized against it by the game Fallout - actually like Nevada. It is one of those states that actually fantastic to live in if you have enough money/yo…

They still have some harsh drug laws though.

Re: Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Post by truebosko »

mkr-hn wrote: post #6

I think driverless cars could be the future of public transportation. Instead of big trains and buses with limited reach, we would have thousands of public vehicles that take you where you need to go when you need to be there. It eliminates the big barriers to public transport--the lack of personal space, timing, and reach. No car? Just hop on the municipal/county dispatch website, request a car, pay your fee, and wa…

Big trains and buses still move a lot more people than one small car. If everyone hopped into their driverless car, we'd be back to where we are now -- gridlock :)

Re: Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Post by chc »

phlux wrote: post #11
cal5k wrote: post #5

This is great news! Nevada is pretty consistently willing to be the reference case on a lot of forward-thinking ideas.

Prostitution, Gambling, 24-hour alcohol sales, Driverless cars, rentable fully automatic weapons! Come to Nevada, we are the FUTURE! EDIT: I was not actually bemoaning any of these, uh, services. I lived in Nevada for a few years and aside from the fact that I was traumatized against it by the game Fallout - actually like Nevada. It is one of those states that actually fantastic to live in if you have enough money/yo…

To be honest, at least half of those sound like perfectly reasonable ideas. Aside from machine guns, I'm not sure there's a strong logical argument to outlaw any of them.

Re: Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Post by DanielStraight »

mkr-hn wrote: post #6

I think driverless cars could be the future of public transportation. Instead of big trains and buses with limited reach, we would have thousands of public vehicles that take you where you need to go when you need to be there. It eliminates the big barriers to public transport--the lack of personal space, timing, and reach. No car? Just hop on the municipal/county dispatch website, request a car, pay your fee, and wa…

How do you deal with the inherent inefficiency of having a separate vehicle for every passenger (or small group of passengers)?

Publicness is not the only benefit of public transportation. Trains and buses are incredibly efficient per passenger mile. They also take up a lot less space than cars, and last longer and cost less per passenger to manufacture. Making a car driverless doesn't solve these problems.

Re: Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

phlux wrote: post #11
cal5k wrote: post #5

This is great news! Nevada is pretty consistently willing to be the reference case on a lot of forward-thinking ideas.

Prostitution, Gambling, 24-hour alcohol sales, Driverless cars, rentable fully automatic weapons! Come to Nevada, we are the FUTURE! EDIT: I was not actually bemoaning any of these, uh, services. I lived in Nevada for a few years and aside from the fact that I was traumatized against it by the game Fallout - actually like Nevada. It is one of those states that actually fantastic to live in if you have enough money/yo…

No drive-thru beer vendors like Texas?

Re: Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Post by pavel_lishin »

mkr-hn wrote: post #6

I think driverless cars could be the future of public transportation. Instead of big trains and buses with limited reach, we would have thousands of public vehicles that take you where you need to go when you need to be there. It eliminates the big barriers to public transport--the lack of personal space, timing, and reach. No car? Just hop on the municipal/county dispatch website, request a car, pay your fee, and wa…

Do a lot of people avoid public transport just because of the lack of personal space?

Re: Nevada passes law authorizing driverless cars

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Post by pavel_lishin »

DanielStraight wrote: post #17
mkr-hn wrote: post #6

I think driverless cars could be the future of public transportation. Instead of big trains and buses with limited reach, we would have thousands of public vehicles that take you where you need to go when you need to be there. It eliminates the big barriers to public transport--the lack of personal space, timing, and reach. No car? Just hop on the municipal/county dispatch website, request a car, pay your fee, and wa…

How do you deal with the inherent inefficiency of having a separate vehicle for every passenger (or small group of passengers)? Publicness is not the only benefit of public transportation. Trains and buses are incredibly efficient per passenger mile. They also take up a lot less space than cars, and last longer and cost less per passenger to manufacture. Making a car driverless doesn't solve these problems.

It wouldn't necessarily have to be the only public transit option. In New York, I can get to work by train much faster than by car - but if I need to go to, say, Ikea, it's two trains and a bus. A cheap, public car would be great.
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