Re: Hmm, air travel or autonomous vehicles
> When the aircraft got to Cat 3 landings
There is a teensy bit of difference between that and an autonomous car. For the Cat III landing you have a big wide flat bit of tarmac/concrete with fairly known conditions (no potholes) and no other vehicles or pedestrians to get in the way. And if the inspections are being done right, there shouldn't be bits of the the previous runway occupant in the way either. It's similar to the rail system - it's so safe (in relative terms) even given the large number of passengers/vehicle and the speeds that travel at because it's (mostly) a known and segregated environment. Ie, when your Virgin Intercity service is tooling down the main line at !25mph (or whatever speed they do these days), it doesn't have to contend with some old fogey in a tweed cap pulling out in front of it, or some chav in a Saxo switching lanes without warning, or ...
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