Re:Self-driving car accidents: Robot drivers are ‘odd, and t...
by dragonwriter on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:07PM
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About a quarter of US jurisdictions follow the same basic rule as California, where exceeding a posted speed limit is prima facie, but rebuttable, evidence of a violation.
So it's not a 49/1 rule.
And, in any case, 100% of US jurisdictions prohibit driving at a speed above the safe and reasonable speed if that is lower than the posted and/or statutory limit, so you need to be able to determine what is safe for conditions anyway; it's just a minority of states where that is a relevant determination when the results are above the posted limit.
So it's not a 49/1 rule.
And, in any case, 100% of US jurisdictions prohibit driving at a speed above the safe and reasonable speed if that is lower than the posted and/or statutory limit, so you need to be able to determine what is safe for conditions anyway; it's just a minority of states where that is a relevant determination when the results are above the posted limit.