JRP3
Hyperactive Member
As I said, the problem is the public. At least in your own vehicle you have some insulation from them.
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I'm annoyed by people talking on the phone, too small seats, thinly spread schedules (ever lived in a village where the bus arrives 2x per day?), multiple changes, delays, waiting in the cold/hot, and I get sick more frequently when using public transport. All of that has not much to do with being working or being poor.I know. Who wants to ride with those working class poo'. Right ?
I hope you're working harder to improve social relations than transportation then!The public.
Fantasyland.In effect, autonomous taxi/rental cars would form a public transportation system. We can only hope it happens.
I don’t live in a big city, where mass transport is a necessity.
I drive, obviously. The number of lunatics who cut me off, passing on the right while speeding, is terrifying. I'd rather be in a subway, where I'm safe from rageaholics with death machines.As I said, the problem is the public. At least in your own vehicle you have some insulation from them.
Basically backwards and incorrect. Think about weight *per passenger*, and remember that rolling resistance for steel-on-steel is much lower than for rubber-on-asphalt.Trains are very heavy and therefore not that environmental friendly compared to EVs.
You're wrong. The optimum is actually super-long trains which are full running extremely frequently, Japanese style. (Japan has the lightest-weight trains, by the way.) This has actually been studied; you don't have to guess.I'm guessing that the optimum for environment and cost is small buses with maybe 8 seats.
you go back and read that German article, their train system is suffering from congestion at junctions. Two tracks of railway can carry as many people as a 10-lane expressway. Can you imagine trying to replace even one hourly ICE train service with cars? Have fun in your "autonomous taxi / rental car" as you slog along at 0 miles per hour in an endless traffic jam.
I know, the fantasyland fans will say "tunnels!" Yeah, 10 tunnels for each railway line, and then you all wait at the pod elevators, which come out where? Sure. For the price of *this* idiocy, we could tunnel all the railway lines, and build and operate *five times as many of them*, which would solve an awful lot of problems.
I know. Who wants to ride with those working class poo'. Right ?
Arguably the problem is actually suburbs. Dense urban areas + trains work fine. Spread-out rural areas + cars work fine. Many suburbs are not dense enough for trains to work but are too dense for cars to work.
Ever heard about thing called "pedestrians"?Traffic lights can be eliminated too as cars will know if another car is approaching an intersection and will change speed so they miss each other.
Now THERE'S a great barometer by which to judge the entire platform!I'll bring in my USB stick and see if they're doing better than Tesla...
I think you overestimate the distance needed between two vehicles for safe operation. IIRC in one Boring Company thread you said there is a requirement of the distance between any two vehicles to be at least the stopping distance at the travel speed. I believe this to be wrong. The following examples:I drive, obviously. The number of lunatics who cut me off, passing on the right while speeding, is terrifying. I'd rather be in a subway, where I'm safe from rageaholics with death machines.
I swear 2/3 of the people on the road don't know how to drive -- tailgating is endemic. We should establish "driver's licenses" or something.
Instead, Tesla is, last I checked, selling an "Autopilot" which actually allows you to set unsafe following distances. (Not helpful, Elon!)
Ever heard about thing called "pedestrians"?
I think you overestimate the distance needed between two vehicles for safe operation. IIRC in one Boring Company thread you said there is a requirement of the distance between any two vehicles to be at least the stopping distance at the travel speed. I believe this to be wrong. The following examples:
All don't follow this principle and yet are somewhat safe and would be much safer with orders of magnitude better reaction times as (semi-) automated vehicles provide.
- Flocks of birds
- Bicycle riders (in cities with heavy bicycle traffic. I experienced it in Münster, Germany for example)
- Racecars
Racecars obviously frequently have accidents, but these accidents would be reduced to a minimum with 20% less speed and automation.
I was complaining about tailgating for years, and yet the consequences appear to be limited or people had stop doing it and police would punish it harder. Both my Mercedes and the Model X I tried allow uncomfortably close distances to the car in front. Mercedes is conservative enough that I don't accuse them of allowing unsafe following distances. That is what made me change my mind.
Now THERE'S a great barometer by which to judge the entire platform!
The sheer number of stupid things that I've had to fix, many of them due to arcane design decisions, on my daughter's Jetta has led to my not being in any big hurry to acquire another VW...
Rivian pickup deliveries set to begin in late 2020. Rivian taking $1k reservations now.
105 kWh, 135 kWh, 180 kWh packs.
At launch only two bigger packs available. Prices start at $69k before any incentives.
About the size of a GMC Canyon Crew Cab. What passes today for a midsize 5 passenger pickup truck.
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Yeah not sure about the headlights but overall I like the design. I do wonder how they plan to do a 180kWh pack.Nice.
Is it just me, or does the front look like a crab?