Re: It is easier to automate the damn highway
Just a quick note, I'd be fine with having a single automated lane per direction
Bingo - start with the trucks too. The numbers are less and the economic and pollution benefits are staggering. There will be plenty of people willing to join in a car too despite it being 10mph headline speed slower.
In addition to that a lane under computer control can be narrower too with significantly lower safety margins under bridges, in tunnels and on overpasses, so the cost of adding it is lower than the cost of adding a normal lane.