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Originally Posted by Locke
Total spitball guess but I'd wager that yes.
I dont think you can have a bunch of self-driving robot cars on the road and still account for the crazy and unpredictable meatbags at the same time?
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Depends on the definition of eliminate. I'm sure there will still be a niche for people to go out and drive "manual" cars just like some people like riding horses in their free time.
IMO, you can have self driving and unpredictable humans together. IMO, one of the first changes would be self driving cars only lanes. HOV lanes would be easiest to convert, bike lanes too. Second, if the self driving cars had hive mentality, they could relay information to each other regarding an idiot driver and have all cars in front react (ie: all stay in 1 lane so the idiots takes empty lane all the way to the end). Most likely they would be programmed to drive in a way to preserve all self driving cars first, and least towards a human driver who speeds and weaves (for instance).
I'd imagine it to be like a line of ants walking a path. All ants in behind will walk normally and predictably until a path is ruined. A new path is created and somehow communicated to ants behind and all remainder of the ants follow the new path. The ants will also react offensively or defensively based on new stimuli to the path. Oversimplification perhaps, but the idea is still there.
But before we hit this level, I believe Undercoverbrother is correct. Initially, It would be a cruise control option sort of thing with maybe a pre program to pull over to the side of the road or park in a parking lot around or in a city/town once you reach it instead of driving around inside a more "crazy" traffic environment.