• Grimy@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    With how all cars are connected these days, we could easily throttle them using GPS data depending on the road you’re on. I don’t really get why cars can even go so fast in general, max should be twenty over the highway limit.

    Nobody really wants that though I’m guessing.

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      17 hours ago

      When you car slams on the brakes suddenly because it thinks you’re suddenly driving on the jog road next to the highway, don’t complain to me.

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        17 hours ago

        The same applies to stopping it from driving full speed into a house. Hence why I said most don’t want that. Some clear drawbacks.

        That being said, putting a max speed that is only a bit above highway speed is an easy win imo.

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          9 hours ago

          Slamming the brakes on the highway because either map data is incorrect, it misread a sign, or GNSS is misplacing the car is not a drawback, it’s a massive fucking safety hazard.

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              2 hours ago

              No a drawback would be a minor nuisance. You can live with a drawback. That would not be a minor nuisance and definitely not something you could live with.

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                2 hours ago

                You are arguing semantics and aren’t even right about it. A drawback can be minor or major. We are in agreement but your being silly about the words I use even though they are completely valid. You might want a synonym that’s harsher but that doesn’t make the use of the word wrong.

                I’m basically saying it’s a problem and you are going “no fool, it’s a really really big problem”, like no shit, that’s what I said. I even added the word clear to show that’s it’s not a small drawback but a major one.

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            2 hours ago

            If the car can’t be trusted to know if it’s on the highway or a residential street, it can’t be trusted to know if it’s on the highway or on a residential street in front of a house.

            I don’t know what system would work for one but not the other.