10-27-2012, 04:58 AM
In Texas we just opened a new stretch of highway at a speed of 85 MPH. Fast. It was road tested before allowing this high speed limit, and determined to be safe. The first day there were several accidents. All of them were caused by cars hitting feral hogs that were crossing the road at night. I hit a deer or it hit my car on 60 MPH on a dark unlit country road. It was impossible to avoid.
I don't know how driverless cars could go only a few feet from one another at high speeds when there are other road hazards that can occur besides car to car collisions. And how could cars realistically go at super fast speeds only a few feet apart when there is always the possibility of a sudden mechanical failure. That would cause a disastrous multicar pileup.. Nobody thought of the feral hogs when they made the 85 MPH speed limit. In theory I suppose a computer could react better than a human, but it would have to be programmed for a wide array of possibilities.
I don't know how driverless cars could go only a few feet from one another at high speeds when there are other road hazards that can occur besides car to car collisions. And how could cars realistically go at super fast speeds only a few feet apart when there is always the possibility of a sudden mechanical failure. That would cause a disastrous multicar pileup.. Nobody thought of the feral hogs when they made the 85 MPH speed limit. In theory I suppose a computer could react better than a human, but it would have to be programmed for a wide array of possibilities.