The second is a stable internet connection, which will allow the syncing of data from each car. An interesting video from MIT ’s Senseable City Lab questions whether traffic lights will still be necessary once vehicles become wholly autonomous , and finds that they will move much more efficiently if they are scrapped . According to the director of Senseable City Lab , Carlo Retti ; “ When sensor - laden vehicles approach an intersection , they will communicate their location and move at a safe distance from each other , rather than grinding to a halt at traffic lights . ”
An interesting video from MIT ’s Senseable City Lab questions whether traffic lights will still be necessary once vehicles become wholly autonomous , and finds that they will move much more efficiently if they are scrapped . According to the director of Senseable City Lab , Carlo Retti ; “ When sensor - laden vehicles approach an intersection , they will communicate their location and move at a safe distance from each other , rather than grinding to a halt at traffic lights . ”