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You're assuming building four new lanes in ROW that already exists would cost anywhere near building technology that has never been built in this country on completely new ROW in many areas? |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tule_fog will mix well with this!
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Well even in Germany the trucks only drive around 60, and the BMWs are flying past them at 120+. If it's only personal vehicles it would be safer, but with big trucks on the road there is going to be a huge differential in speeds of different vehicles. Big trucks hauling cargo are not going to go 110.
Also, people in Germany are very strict about obeying lane awareness. So that if you are going slow they will always stick to the right lane, and only go in the left lane to pass or if you are driving very fast. In the US, I hardly ever see people with enough lane awareness, and people drive slow in the left lanes, or just put on cruise control and hangout in the left lanes. Cars should only be in the left lane to pass quickly, or if they are going very fast. Quote:
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I find European drivers much more aware of their situation and surroundings than American drivers. Specifically, Europeans are much more likely to move right to get out of the way of faster drivers. Americans are totally clueless in this regard. They are either oblivious or intentionally slow down to piss off the faster driver (both incredibly unsafe). Europeans simply move out of the way to let the car pass. How many times have you seen a car entering a highway instantly move to the left without regard to the speed of the car in front of them or the speed of the car they just got in front of? I don't know if people don't like dealing with merges or simply believe they drive too fast for the right lane but soooo many American drivers have this allergy to sitting tight in the right lane. Really, nothing irritates me more when driving when I'm able to drive past a car from the right. If multiple cars are passing you from the right, move the fuck over. |
Police in Europe probably do a better job enforcing lane usage rules. It's supposedly a ticket-able offense but I never heard anyone being pulled over for it. I tend to be on the faster side when I'm on the freeway/ highway (80+) and can't stand it when some schlep is cruising along in the left lane doing 60-65.
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Just another anti-HSR hit piece. The projected LA>SF transit time was 2 hours 45 minutes in 2008, when Prop 1A passed, and nothing that has yet been built precludes that speed. It also doesn't acknowledge that the transit time between LA Union and San Jose will be right at 2 hours, and Burbank to San Jose about 1:45. No commercial flight can compete with those door-to-door times. What's more, Uber and Lyft will be penny stocks in 3-4 years. For-profit rideshare will go the way of Prodigy and CompuServe because it can never make money. Not with drivers, not with driverless cars. |
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Don't be naive, Uber and Lyft started with the intent to transition to autonomous when the technology becomes viable and ultimately practical for the rideshare/taxi business model. Do you really think they haven't thought about this? They can't wait to get rid of those pesky drivers, especially now that they have the nerve to start demanding a living wage and rights and stuff. Get outta town. Down with humans, up with AI and profits yeah!!!
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Uber's overhead is massive as compared to a traditional cab company. The propriety app requires an army of developers who are paid $100k+. A traditional cab company doesn't have a single employee who makes $100k. They have a dispatcher, an accountant, and 2-3 guys who maintain the cabs back at the shop. That's it. Advertising is minimal. |
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Imagine you are driving a minivan at 70 mph. Up ahead is a truck only going 50 mph. You want to pass. But in the left lane there is a BMW going 120 mph. You wait for the BMW to pass, then there's another one, and so forth. Are you forced to drive really slow, so that someone else can drive much, much faster? Seems kind of unfair for "left lane for passing only" to not apply to everyone. What do you owe the guy in the BMW exactly, why is he entitled to go fast and take away your ability to get somewhere on time? I have a seething hatred of people who drive really fast. It's incredibly dangerous. Imagine you activate your turn signal, then you check your mirror, then your eyes shift back ahead to your current lane for a moment. Then you move over. In that time someone could have whipped around you in a very fast vehicle and hit you as you get into that lane. I know some people here are car people, so I'll be a troll. But I mean it. Maybe governors should be required and no production car should be able to go over 90. What would be the harm in it? It would lower everyone's insurance, it would make traffic management easier, there would be no wild car chases, etc. |
Modern cars have the technology to make speeding impossible, it's a travesty that it's not in use.
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There are certainly huge swaths of America where speed limits are unnecessary.
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This would also keep me from buying a new car. Vintage cars would become even more expensive than they are now. |
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