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Autonomous cars are a hot topic these days, but they are a two-sided blade according to researchers.
Map providers HERE published a paper with the aid of automotive consultancy company SBD. Together, the two partners urge automakers to focus on the future of self-driving car technology and start collaborating. The goal, say the two partners, is developing “Collaborative Autonomous Cars.”
Instead of each automaker building vehicles that can drive themselves, the makes of the study say vehicles with this ability should communicate with each other. If they do not do this, researchers warn that these self-driving cars will eventually cause traffic congestion instead of behind helpful to humankind.
The white paper published by HERE also mentions that automakers will not only have to work with their counterparts, but with infrastructure and road network developers. National transportation agencies, such as the USA’s NHTSA, will have to be involved, as will local and state authorities.
Researchers believe that combining sensor and map data collected from the sources described above will ultimately decrease traffic congestion. However, if one of the parties will not cooperate, or if their data sharing solutions will not merge correctly, there is a risk that autonomous cars will just create more congestion on the world’s roads.
The impact of autonomous cars on modern roads will vary depending on their level of automation, as well as user adoption. While basic autonomy has the potential of bringing a positive impact in reducing traffic congestion, higher levels of autonomy, like vehicles without any driving controls, could affect congestion negatively, researchers believe.
The situation might appear even if user adoption is low, so a small number of customers could cause larger problems in traffic if automakers and authorities do not work together.
If we consider the fact that electric vehicle developed has already seen an issue in the plugs used by automakers, we have reasons to be concerned.
Once we take into account the existence of the imperial system in spite of the presence of the metric system, we are worried that the alarm sounded by researchers will become reality, as automakers and authorities have a bad history of working together for the greater good.
Instead of each automaker building vehicles that can drive themselves, the makes of the study say vehicles with this ability should communicate with each other. If they do not do this, researchers warn that these self-driving cars will eventually cause traffic congestion instead of behind helpful to humankind.
The white paper published by HERE also mentions that automakers will not only have to work with their counterparts, but with infrastructure and road network developers. National transportation agencies, such as the USA’s NHTSA, will have to be involved, as will local and state authorities.
Researchers believe that combining sensor and map data collected from the sources described above will ultimately decrease traffic congestion. However, if one of the parties will not cooperate, or if their data sharing solutions will not merge correctly, there is a risk that autonomous cars will just create more congestion on the world’s roads.
The impact of autonomous cars on modern roads will vary depending on their level of automation, as well as user adoption. While basic autonomy has the potential of bringing a positive impact in reducing traffic congestion, higher levels of autonomy, like vehicles without any driving controls, could affect congestion negatively, researchers believe.
The situation might appear even if user adoption is low, so a small number of customers could cause larger problems in traffic if automakers and authorities do not work together.
If we consider the fact that electric vehicle developed has already seen an issue in the plugs used by automakers, we have reasons to be concerned.
Once we take into account the existence of the imperial system in spite of the presence of the metric system, we are worried that the alarm sounded by researchers will become reality, as automakers and authorities have a bad history of working together for the greater good.
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