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I think this one is inevitable so perhaps it is too obvious to be an idea.
A driverless car, using GPS and traffic density maps (these already exist) could go the route that maximizes fuel efficiency (gas or electric). Just press a button or lozenge or any activateable area of a touchscreen.
Perhaps
there is a choice between a 35 MPH road and a 50 MPH road. I perceive that the 35 MPH road is more fuel efficient, so the car takes that one. If things go really well perhaps 5% better mileage could be possible.
Similarly the car could also go the safest route.
I think this is inevitable, but perhaps like 1-click ordering It would be beneficial to make this public domain ahead of time.
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Safety for who, vehicle passengers or pedestrians ? |
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The two may well prove to be mutually exclusive. Well, they will when our patches get downloaded into the vehicles ... |
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We need to teach beany the meaning of the word 'at.'
Replace with 'in.' |
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I'm curious as to what happens when all of these cars try to
maximize fuel economy at the same time. Do those routes
end up getting completely clogged, wasting gas more? Not
that everyone is headed the same place, but it would seem
to be a very tricky sort of game of optimization of a group
where no one really wins because everyone has the same
strategy. Where's John Nash when you need him? |
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Next to it, a big red button for Idiot Boy Racer Mode. Since that's
too much text for a button, it'll probably need a suggestive icon. |
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//We need to teach beany the meaning of the word 'at.'
Replace with 'in.' // It's one of his endearatg affectations.
At other respects, his English is quite coherent, so we can
only assume that his atappropriate use of "at" is attentional. |
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there's been pretty significant backlash to Waze growing in
various small strategically located towns. |
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//a kind of ‘about’ driverless cars// so, sort of "of", then? |
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Actually the thing about pedantry is you could have suggested I be more comprehensive than just mentioning button or lozenge to include "menu item" and/or "activateable touch screen area" |
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There is no point in having a button that switches between
"safest" and "best mileage". |
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"So, Mrs. - ah - Glimpson, shortly before the accident you
had, of
your own volition, knowingly switched to a driving mode
that would save you a few pence on your petrol bill? And
you did this, knowing that the alternative was "safest", a
mode which might well have saved the lives of those
eighteen octagenarians and their grandchildren, as well as
that of the bus driver and pole dancers?" |
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You'd be better off marking them "Safest" and "I'd like to be
held liable". |
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