Lane splitting in China...
(http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/9151/slide_9151_121540_large.jpg)
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Straddling buses will be made to fit under city overpasses. Shenzhen Hashi predicts that each of the vehicles' cabs will carry 300 passengers at a time (up to 1,400 passengers in all) and will reduce traffic by up to 30% on crowded roads.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/02/3d-express-coach-pictures_n_667452.html?ref=fb&src=sp (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/02/3d-express-coach-pictures_n_667452.html?ref=fb&src=sp)
That's an interesting idea actually.
until the bus/train wants to make a left
Presumably there would be safeguards for that.
ha ha its crazy enough that it just might work!
the population will finally start to thin out a bit.
imagine sitting there in traffic and this rolling over you -- it would be like Ahab before being swallowed by the whale...
Quote from: MotoCreations on August 05, 2010, 12:40:26 PM
imagine sitting there in traffic and this rolling over you -- it would be like Ahab before being swallowed by the whale...
Spoiler! I'm only half-way through the book. ;)
Quote from: Düb Lüv on August 05, 2010, 12:16:28 PM
the population will finally start to thin out a bit.
Ha ha ha seriously! I work in Shenzhen sometimes. Some places the lines on the road are kind of decoration more than lanes. People drive where-ever the hell and pack into any space. This thing would think them out quite a bit. [evil]
Cause a Veyron will be driving next to it in China.
Quote from: Triple J on August 05, 2010, 10:58:21 AM
Presumably there would be safeguards for that.
Chinese safeguards aren't very reassuring! You can use your toothpaste as antifreeze over there.