I'm sure at some point we've all considered the concept of a driverless car. The Freakonomics blog at NYT has some info about it.
It does make sense. Infiniti has been doing the smart cruise control for almost ten years now, a new lexus can parallel park itself. The new Garmins talk to each other to inform of traffic delays even before they happen. I do particularly like the point about human-restricted reaction times. We're just not hardwired to go THAT fast (though I do enjoy it).
Check out the full article here
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