Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
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Re: Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
#2Is it possible that this will turn cities in to less desirable places to live? Imagine if you could take your car in to the city for drinks, have it drive around for a while and pick you up when your done.
That is just one possibility, I'm sure there are so many applications I can't even think of them.
Re: Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
#3more details in this (slightly) older article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/technology/googles-autonom...
Re: Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
#4This opens lots of cool possibilities such as eliminating the need for two cars in the family for example. You go to work, the car then comes back and drives the wife and then later in the afternoon when both parents are working it goes to school and picks up the kids!
Re: Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
#5Is it possible that this will turn cities in to less desirable places to live? Imagine if you could take your car in to the city for drinks, have it drive around for a while and pick you up when your done. That is just one possibility, I'm sure there are so many applications I can't even think of them.
maybe the opposite is true. i can get around the city very fast without having to worry about parking.
Re: Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
#6Is it possible that this will turn cities in to less desirable places to live? Imagine if you could take your car in to the city for drinks, have it drive around for a while and pick you up when your done. That is just one possibility, I'm sure there are so many applications I can't even think of them.
It doesn't need to drive around for a while. There could be parking lots for driverless cars that somehow connect with the owners credit card and pay for parking.
Re: Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
#7This opens lots of cool possibilities such as eliminating the need for two cars in the family for example. You go to work, the car then comes back and drives the wife and then later in the afternoon when both parents are working it goes to school and picks up the kids!
It could eliminate the need for having a car altogether. Hello zipcar
Re: Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
#8Is it possible that this will turn cities in to less desirable places to live? Imagine if you could take your car in to the city for drinks, have it drive around for a while and pick you up when your done. That is just one possibility, I'm sure there are so many applications I can't even think of them.
I'd be surprised if cities became less desirable. I could see cars turning into something like an on-demand, private bus (or just an automated taxi that you own).
Re: Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
#9Is it possible that this will turn cities in to less desirable places to live? Imagine if you could take your car in to the city for drinks, have it drive around for a while and pick you up when your done. That is just one possibility, I'm sure there are so many applications I can't even think of them.
The proliferation of self-driving cars will absolutely affect where people live, eventually.
I imagine that to start with, we'll see certain areas - such as the Vegas strip, perhaps - that support Valet™, a feature first appearing in luxury vehicles that does exactly what we'd already expect from human valet drivers.
But to drill down even further, I'm not exactly sure where the very first Valet™ supported parking lot would be. Manhattan would be a great use-case, but my own guess is that we'll first see this appear at places like large mall parking lots where city regulations won't be as much of a problem.
Re: Nevada approves regulations for self-driving cars
#10I'm very excited to here this because it solves the regulatory chicken and egg. Nevada gets a bump for being first (if things go well) and other municipalities can point to Nevada to craft their own regulations.
Kudos to Nevada on this one.