Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving Car Fatality in Arizona

Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by DanBC on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:13AM (#16628231)

> Keeping to exactly the speed limit also just isn't how anyone drives.

People should not "keep to the speed limit". In England at least the speed limit is the absolute maximum speed at which you drive. You should be driving slower than the speed limit at all times, with no exceptions. Anything else is almost always incompetent driving.

I find it hard to understand why drivers think the laws don't apply to them. Sure, it's annoying when cyclists ignore road laws, but cyclists are far less likely to kill other people.

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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by VBprogrammer on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:55AM (#16629684)

> In England at least the speed limit is the absolute maximum speed at which you drive.

In theory this may be true but it's absolutely not in practice. It's not uncommon to see people at least 20mph over the limit on motorways. On the M4 that is practically the norm.

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Re:Police Say Uber Is Likely Not at Fault for Self-Driving C... by petercooper on Friday March 23, 2018 @02:25PM (#16661144)

Try sticking to the speed limit through long 40 or 50mph roadwork sections. I've done it for a laugh before. You end up getting overtaken non-stop including by trucks which, to me, feels far more dangerous than just fitting in with the prevailing speed.

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