Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Watch: How autonomous cars could completely eliminate traffic jams


Humans, as it turns out, are pretty crappy drivers. Of course, we knew this already. What you might not have known is, we're also directly responsible for most of the traffic problems we face on roadways. While we blame congestion, traffic lights and other cars for our traffic woes, as this video shows: it's mostly us. Unlike machines, humans are reactionary drivers. When a red light turns green, we react to the car in front of us moving, not the light itself. If each of us - even several cars back at a stoplight - reacted at the same time,…

This story continues at The Next Web


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