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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by emodendroket on Monday October 16, 2017 @10:41AM (#15483488)
Also consider how many roads there are where nobody obeys the speed limit but they all more or less adhere to the same speed.
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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by smileysteve on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:16PM (#15485863)
Speed limits are designed and enforced poorly.. For the most part; outliers create more danger than many cars going the same speed.

The CBC had some nice coverage of this.

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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by emodendroket on Monday October 16, 2017 @07:52PM (#15487611)
You're essentially getting at the point of the article. Driving laws reflect neither actual behavior nor what we'd consider ideal behavior.
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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by smileysteve on Tuesday October 17, 2017 @12:20AM (#15488639)
Great point. I wasn't thinking how that news piece related. Great point.
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