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> But an "AV lane" will very quickly converge on the traffic characteristics of a regular road.

A regular road loses capacity with increased speed due to increased distances between cars, braking ripple effects etc.

At 75 mph/120 km/h, two seconds distance is 33 meters, likely enough to fit three more autonomous cars into the same lane.

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