So nationalize it? It's not like big brother isn't already tracking traffic trends. Why shouldn't the Dept of Transportation be in charge of directing automated traffic?
There's ups and downs to that. Companies like Google would argue that their systems are too integrated to their business to be nationalized. (Unless we just nationalize Google. It's enough of a monopoly now........)
The biggest issue would be that this is still a rapidly developing field, and the one thing government is not good at is rapidly evolving technology.
But fundamentally, we will need something controlled by an agency or government, or at least a nonprofit organization of some sort. A single corporation can't control our nation's transportation infrastructure.
ocdtrekkie|10 years ago
The biggest issue would be that this is still a rapidly developing field, and the one thing government is not good at is rapidly evolving technology.
But fundamentally, we will need something controlled by an agency or government, or at least a nonprofit organization of some sort. A single corporation can't control our nation's transportation infrastructure.