rosschie@lemdro.id to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 6 days agoAre We Ready For Driverless Buses?www.ibtimes.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarevrighter@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 days agoif you want to have a reliable driverless system, you’re going to have to invent trains… again
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoNormally yes, but Japan also came up with an alternative and rather literal combination of the two, because of course they did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn56bMZ9OE8
minus-squareSteevyT@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 days agoI can’t check because I’m at work, but is that the Tom Scott video? At least, I think I remember him doing a video on that thing, maybe it was just someone kind of like him.
if you want to have a reliable driverless system, you’re going to have to invent trains… again
Isnt train+bus just a streetcar?
Normally yes, but Japan also came up with an alternative and rather literal combination of the two, because of course they did:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn56bMZ9OE8
I can’t check because I’m at work, but is that the Tom Scott video?
At least, I think I remember him doing a video on that thing, maybe it was just someone kind of like him.
Correct!