http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/ Engadget Comments for GPS study finds that real-time traffic updates save drivers four days per year http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/
1- eliminate accidents

2- eliminate traffic jams

3-eliminate Taxi drivers...

this will solve 3 of the worlds biggest problems..

next on the list is kill all nerds who write virus/spyware....]]>Aug 28th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/
Whilst that would be the dream, this system would only work if there was one central computer controlling the road network with a redundant AI in the car to sense its surroundings and to stop if the control system is about to make a stupid mistake.

2- eliminate traffic jams

Yes and no, the current road networks are meticulously designed and monitored to try to prevent gridlocks, as are traffic light sequences - it's a very, very complicated system. It would be possible to make it more efficient, but there will come a point when the system reaches its maximum "load" and drivers would have to wait for the metaphorical buffer to empty before entering. Will this work? No idea, but a road still has a finite capacity, no amount of computational hijinks will change that.

3-eliminate Taxi drivers...

Again, yes and no. The whole reason you get a taxi is because you don't have your car with you, not because you don't know where you're going. An AI system would only help if either everyone had access to any car (sort of like a bus pass) or if your car would autonomously drive to your location to pick you up.

I think AI is certainly the way to go for long distance motorways/highways, and yes, human error is the main cause of road accidents, but i don't think everything should be automated. Especially given the unreliability of certain GPSs leading large trucks down narrow country roads or simply leading people into rivers.]]>Aug 28th 2009 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/
do you really find someone else's misfortune THAT INTERESTING? ]]>Aug 28th 2009 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/
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it's crazy how inaccurate traffic information is in Bay Area, sometimes my GPS routes me to roads which have no traffic info at all and yet are very busy (even more than original road)
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I remember driving around the San Diego area for work. I would listen to the radio stations report traffic conditions and I've never experienced any level of accuracy as far as trafic conditions go. I think the radio stations reported traffic conditions 20 minutes or so later than they actually occured. And I am willing to bet that GPS traffic conditions are even more inaccurate and suffer from an even greater delay.]]>Aug 28th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/
On Monday, a car on fire on the bridge shut it doesn for an hour. I was 1 mile from the toll lanes, and people were getting out of their cars an walking around. Obvious nobody was going anywhere. Traffic every 10 minutes on the radio? "No problems east bound at the bay bridge". 10 minutes later? Still in the same spot. Radio "Some slowing in traffic eastbound as you approach the bay bridge". Lots of help that was. Didn't move for an hour.

GPS reroute? The only alternate route is a 2.6 hour drive. GPS traffic service is useless to me. I let it expire on my Megallans.
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"The collective optimization of individual driving routes by drivers using realtime traffic maps slows everyone down. That is, everyone picking the "fastest" route on the map results in overall slowdowns." (source: http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/10/06/does-closing-roads-cut-delays/ )

So the only rational way to solve congestion is to put a price on it.]]>Aug 28th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/Aug 28th 2009 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/Aug 28th 2009 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/Aug 28th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/Aug 28th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.computersncs.com/rd_p?p=186122&t=9544&a=1963-sGPS&gift=1963]]>Sep 8th 2009 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/Aug 28th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/Aug 28th 2009 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/
So even if the traffic systems in the GPSes suck, it has gotta be better than this...]]>Aug 28th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/28/gps-study-finds-that-real-time-traffic-updates-save-drivers-four/
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