Disagree to disagree!
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That’s not an option in the presence of my impeccable arguments.
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Not to mention, if we go full AV, everyone can be going at like 200 mph. Why are you against that?
There are hardly any roads nor tires that can handle that speed.
You do not know much about cars, do you?
It’s basic physics. Go read then get back to us.
I’m talking about highways, where people actually speed above the speed limit en masse. Keep up. Even if everyone can go at 90 mph that’s still a much better alternative.
So, not 200? Just using your own error-prone words.
sounds like you’ve admitted defeat based on how you’re arguing. I’ll take it
Dream on.
You wrote 200mph. That will not ever be the case. Please adjust your utopia nearer to reality, please.
And do note, I’m rooting for you to get an AV. That will be a safer world. Period.
so you agree that AV will benefit everyone on the highway, and that manual cars will need to be banned for that to happen, as even having 1 manual car will ruin the entire ecosystem.
Picking at an obviously exaggerated number is admitting that you have no argument.
Glad we agree.
Thanks!
Nice edit!
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tsk tsk, more distraction for your lack of an argument
200mph is still there. I saw a later post, mistook it.
I apologize for that. Not for any other post, though.
I agree that the world would be safer with YOU in an AV.
Or, an Uber.
seems like you’re just ignoring my argument altogether because you agree with it. Like I said, I’m glad we agree.
No.
Just you.
“Full AV” is still “just five years away”, like it was back in 2016.
OTOH, if the thread is about speed limits, we have the technology today to require that every new car have a governor that won’t let the car exceed the speed limit.
Probably don’t activate them until most cars have them.
I think the first result would be higher speed limits when state legislators discovered they had to stay within the posted limits.
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I’m not convinced that we actually do. I mean, I’m sure we could limit the speed, but I’m less sure that the car knows the correct speed limit.
My 2020 car tells me what the speed limit is and it is probably wrong a good 20% of the time where the speed limit is fixed.
Throw in construction zones (where accurate tech would be more beneficial as it would probably make the construction workers safer) and variable speed limit roads and the error rate on my car is probably more like 30%. And there aren’t many variable-speed-limit roads where I live.
There’s also the issue of hacking. Those Russian ransomware hackers could set the speed limit on every Interstate highway in America to 2 mph and our economy grinds to a halt.
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Huh. My current car isn’t that fancy, but my prior car was. And i don’t remember it ever being wrong about the speed limit. I used to check it all the time on poorly signed roads. It certainly understood that speed limits change as the road bends sharply or enters a populated area.
The two gimmicks i miss on that car are the speed limit indicator and the automatic windshield wiper. I was so certain that wouldn’t work that i asked the salesman about how to override it, but it was awesome.
I wonder if that’s a function of the car or the area? My guess is a little of both.
Waze is vastly more accurate on speed limit than my car. Sometimes even if I’m not using Waze for navigation, I will fire it up to check the speed limit.
But it’s still occasionally wrong. Especially in construction zones or recently-completed construction areas.
But even where construction is not a factor.
I was going to guess the area until you said that Waze works. My car and Google maps always gave the same speed limit, the car just had a better interface. And no, they don’t know about temporary things, like a reduced speed for sleet, or for construction. But those are typically well signed, and i expect lower limits than what’s posted on the permanent signs.