How much would highway throughput increase if accidents were eliminated?
moultano · x · 2026-08-20
Raises a question about estimating the potential increase in freeway throughput during rush hour if nothing about driving changed except that accidents never happened.
While self-driving car estimates often rely on tiny following distances, the author suggests there are much simpler gains available sooner by simply removing the throughput bottleneck caused by crashes.
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