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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by TeMPOraL on Friday November 13, 2015 @04:32AM (#10558838)
You need to balance it against the amount of disutility from deaths caused by the line going at speed+5 on a road where they were supposed to be going at speed. You need to also add the disutility generated by that line fucking up traffic flow in the nearby area.

Seriously, this stuff is to be determined from top down, not from perspective of individual self-interested drivers with zero context, little responsiblity and no interest of ensuring optimum flow.

Also, the general culture of aggression and disregard for law is something that is not healthy for neither society, nor economy.

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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by cyber on Friday November 13, 2015 @12:04PM (#10560881)
Road speeds need to be re-evaluated every 5 years. They take into account the speeds of traffic that are currently flowing on the road.
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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by judk on Friday November 13, 2015 @10:43AM (#10560403)
How very undemocratic of you. Sometimes the law from top down is incorrect. The experiences of stakeholders matters.
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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by TeMPOraL on Friday November 13, 2015 @11:25AM (#10560631)
> How very undemocratic of you.

Yes, it is. So what? Democracy is not a silver bullet. Some problems it solves well, others it can't tackle.

> Sometimes the law from top down is incorrect.

Sometimes it is. And sometimes it isn't. I argue this is a case where top-down approach is the right one.

> The experiences of stakeholders matters.

I think health and life of innocent third parties should matter more.

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Re:Google self-driving car pulled over for driving too slowly by clort on Friday November 13, 2015 @11:56AM (#10560828)
I think that in reality, the innocent third parties concerned about their health and life on a road such as this are stakeholders. Moreover, there may be more of them so their needs would trump the few who simply wanted to drive fast and reach their destination 2 minutes earlier.

I'm not suggesting that the non drivers should always get their way though. There are roads where cars are allowed to be driven faster than this, and roads where pedestrians are not permitted.

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