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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by dsfyu404ed on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:16PM (#15484896)
> culture has _figured out on their own_ an optimal way to navigate from point A to B in bad traffic, (mostly) safely while constraining themselves to the _intent_ of the law, if not the letter.

Exactly. This is why the speed limit on highways is always min("one or two under the misdemeanor speed in this state" "as fast as conditions allow").

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Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t... by InitialLastName on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:39PM (#15485100)
> as fast as conditions allow

This is the part humans (who almost invariably overrate their abilities at everything, especially driving) are really bad at determining.

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