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Old 05-09-2012, 09:27 AM   #48
Rathji
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Was talking about this with Mrs Rathji last night, and realized that if every car was self driven, there would be so many advantages. With adhoc networks of cars sitting on the road, they would know where traffic problems were and be able to adjust organically to maximize traffic efficiency. For example: Ivor Strong bridge is backed up badly one morning. All the cars on Deerfoot know this within seconds of arriving, or even better they know this before even leaving the house because it is their default route.

They then plan alternate routes, with the lowest cost routes being claimed by cars until those alternate routes expected cost equals that of the main route. Not every car goes the alternate route because they know that so many cars are already going that route, so it wouldn't be any faster.

Dynamically optimized traffic would further reduce accidents, probably increase fuel efficiency and reduce the time everyone would take to get to work. People would not hate their commute, so the city would expand so quickly that SebC ends up on the news, having climbed to the top of the new hospital and is taking out commuters coming onto Seton Road with his high power sniper rifle, fuelled by a lifetime of violent video games.

Mrs. Rathji then informed me that I am the biggest geek in the world and proceeded to tell me about baby poop for the rest of our trip.
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