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Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by ghoward on Thursday May 27, 2021 @05:05PM (#27308543)
But what happens when the road is suddenly closed for an accident? Or new construction appears? What will database-based self-driving cars do then?
Re:Tesla loses U.S. designation for some advanced safety fea... by jfrunyon on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @10:57PM (#27364281)
They would handle it the exact same way they handle any obstacle in front of them. Which is a lot easier than figuring out the speed limit, and the lane demarcations, and which lanes go where, and oh the stripes are covered by snow, and oh the stripes are worn away, and ...

No one ever said that they could get all of their info from a database. But there is a significant amount of info which they could get from a database, which they might not be able to get at all otherwise.