Or up state New York. I was driving on one limited-access highway where there were so many potholes the speed limit was 35 M.P.H. Usually I would not adhere to such a ridiculous speed on a highway, but in this case it felt prudent to actually go slower than that.

I'm an upstate (real upstate, north of Syracuse) resident. People hear "New York" and think "ooh, city!" but there are swathes of very rural, very poor areas that can barely keep up with basic maintenance. Case in point, I live in the "most fiscally stressed municipality in the state"[0]. Add to that our harsh winters and you end up with roads that are more gravel than pavement after a few years of erosion. I can't see self-driving cars ever working here as they're currently designed.

[0] http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/31231/2016...