You know how techbros have this thought terminating cliche about how “they don’t need to be perfect, just better than you?” Well,
This particular deathmobile was stuck behind a truck parked on the side. You know, like what happens in every city. Decides to wait there for 10 minutes. Then it has a change of heart and tries to maneuver out from behind. How does it do this? By doing a 500-point turn resulting in it being lined up perpendicular to the road, blocking all traffic. Another 10 minutes or so. Now it’s decided to make its move. How? Doing a left 270 and running a red light through a busy intersection.
“Through” is the wrong word though, it just stopped in the middle of the intersection and died.
So happy to see this bazingamobile being tested on the civilian population. Place your bets on when it kills its first child!
Low-key non-privately owned autonomous vehicles would be good for public transit.
Maybe put them on some sort of track to control where they go
Maybe also link several cars together to maximize capacity
maybe even change the material of the wheels and the road surface to have a lower friction coefficient, allowing for more energy-efficient cruising
I wonder if a centrally controlled traffic system would be the most efficient.