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What Would Self-Driving Cars Navigating No-Stoplight Traffic Look Like at Speed?

By Rain Noe - September 29, 2014

in Cars

Last week Argentinian director Fernando Livschitz released this video titled "Rush Hour," shot using some clever film trickery:

What's interesting is that if all cars were autonomous, that scene could one day actually be possible. Maybe the motorcycles are a stretch, and the humans and cyclists travling at such perfectly measured paces that the cars could accurately predict their timing; but at a minimum self-driving cars could certainly be programmed not to hit each other, and to thread the needle at intersections.

The hardest part would probably not be the technology, but garnering human acceptance. As safe as I knew it was, I'd have a hard time not having a heart attack while riding in any of these vehicles.

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Adam

10 years ago

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As a bicycle and pedestrian advocate, when I see videos like the ones in the comments above, I just think about how silly it is that we have ruined our streets for the convenience of car drivers...
Very sad.
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Shaun

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This was actually a normal day in San Francisco about 108 years ago. without any automatic driving aids. Have a look for yourself.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10150117648442761&fref=nf
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Lhopsecker

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So it'll be pretty much like driving in India: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdHkRkwJvww
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S

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Just imagine an intersection like this with no honking. What serenity!
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