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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by geon on Friday November 13, 2015 @04:09AM (#10558753)
Is it at all allowed to drive slow vehicles like tractors or scooters on a highway?

Here in Sweden, highways are off limits if the vehicle may not legally be driven faster than (i think) 45 kmph.

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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by Piskvorrr on Friday November 13, 2015 @07:33AM (#10559454)
That's a bit of a "lost in translation" issue here: what is usually called a "highway" in Europe is usually a "freeway" in the USA. What we'd just call a "road" (pretty much any road) is called a "highway" in the US legal codes.
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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by Amezarak on Friday November 13, 2015 @07:55AM (#10559533)
> what is usually called a "highway" in Europe is usually a "freeway" in the USA.

I think that usage is mostly West Coast. :)

Everywhere else, I've only heard "highway" or "interstate."

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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by maxerickson on Friday November 13, 2015 @09:42AM (#10560042)
Freeway is fairly common in many parts of the US:

http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_79....

In common usage highway is still sort of reserved for larger connectors, road and street are used for local stuff.

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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by maxerickson on Friday November 13, 2015 @05:38AM (#10559070)
In the US there are many roads with access limitations and minimum speeds, but many do not have those conditions.
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