Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems sort of approximate this. They were in the works a good decade ago; one memorable picture was of 6 BMWs going 60 mph with one car length separation, and a pair of hands poking out each drivers side window. I really should go to bed, so I shan't look it up just now.
*nod* They solved the control-loop problem, but (because the car was doing the driving, not the human) not the user-interface issues I was thinking of. One advantage to that approach is that the cars (as you menioned) can be more closely space. One disadvantage is the reluctance so many of us (including myself) have to trusting the equipment quite that much.
Was that one of the systems that required the roadway itself to be "smart" as well? I know someone tested a design that was entirely car-contained and autonomous, but I think that was more recent and only prototyped in a single vehicle.
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Was that one of the systems that required the roadway itself to be "smart" as well? I know someone tested a design that was entirely car-contained and autonomous, but I think that was more recent and only prototyped in a single vehicle.
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