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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by mikepurvis on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:18PM (#15484342)
The Pittsburgh/Boston left is extremely dangerous if you're not prepared for it to happen. I can't find a citation at the moment, but I believe in Ontario it constitutes stunt driving, and carries fines comparable to street racing.
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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by rpeden on Monday October 16, 2017 @12:54PM (#15484701)
A bit more info here:

http://www.wheels.ca/news/auto-know-jumping-light-for-a-left...

Although I'm in favour of the law in general, I really dislike the 'stunt driving' name. I'm not sure that many (or any) of the offences covered under the law really qualify as stunts. Dumb and dangerous, yes, but not stunts.

Call this law something else, and save 'stunt drving' for people who drive their cars on two wheels and other related craziness. :)

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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by emodendroket on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:35PM (#15485065)
Despite living in the Boston area I don't really do this, even though I see others doing it, because, well, I don't really trust the other guy to stop.
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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by KGIII on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:05PM (#15485793)
Are you sure you live in Boston? Usually, the goal seems to be to dare the other driver, sometimes coupled with taunting.

Yes, people do drive differently in different regions. Boston is the only place where I have had two cars totaled. It was parked both times. The second time the driver of the other car seemingly backed up and smashed into it again.

I love that dirty water.

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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by emodendroket on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:13PM (#15485834)
I live in the South Shore but I'm not sure if that's better or worse.
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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by KGIII on Monday October 16, 2017 @03:22PM (#15485937)
I have done some traffic modeling in your area, and lived in the area. Boston has some aggressive drivers but that's probably due to the infrastructure being based on things like cow paths.
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