CURRENTLY IN A CONGESTED FREEWAY THE ROAD SURFACE AREA OCCUPIED IS ONLY 8% WITH 92% EMPTY SPACE BETWEEN CARS. SO WHY IS THIS FACT IMPORTANT?
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Sebastian Thrun is the Director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab and the project leader of Google’s Driverless Cars project, which aims to help prevent traffic accidents, free up people’s time and reduce carbon emissions.
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FINAL CHALLENGE: WHEN WE CAN UTILIZE MORE OF THE AVAILABLE ROAD SPACE WE WILL BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE TRAFFIC JAMS BY DOUBLING THE USED ROAD WAY TO 16% BUY LETTING OUR CARS BE OPERATED BY ROBOTS.
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