Will Speed Limits Be A Pastime Once The Driverless Car Era Arrives

Dr. Lance Eliot, AI Insider

I feel the need, the need for speed.

But, then again, some say that speed kills.

We have speed limits on our roadways, by-and-large (autobahn exceptions noted).

There are advocacy groups that say our existing speed limits are too high. They argue that we need to bring down the speed limits to slower and more “reasonable” speeds.

On the other side of this coin, there are advocacy groups that say we need to raise the speed limits. Indeed, some of those advocating faster speeds are even prone to saying that we should not have any maximum speed limit at all. In a kind of capitalistic viewpoint, they argue that it should be a “free market” and allow anyone to drive as fast as they want. Having restrictions on our driving speed is akin to restricting our freedom of speech.

Nowadays, there are those that argue that the gas consumption curves of years ago that were used to set our maximum speed limits are no longer applicable to the fuel efficiencies of modern day gas powered cars.

Furthermore, we are seeing more cars becoming electrically powered and the question is raised as to whether the gas fuel charts make any sense when our cars are powered instead by…