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Re:I kept honking at a sleeping Tesla driver on the freeway,... by lhorie on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @03:18PM (#28293544)
That in itself can also be dangerous. There are in fact traffic laws in various places against driving too slow or otherwise impeding traffic flow because doing so can cause accidents.
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Re:I kept honking at a sleeping Tesla driver on the freeway,... by andix on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @03:44PM (#28293917)
You are always allowed to stop in an emergency. Or if your engine stops working for example ;)
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Re:I kept honking at a sleeping Tesla driver on the freeway,... by lhorie on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @03:48PM (#28293980)
You're supposed to turn on your blinkers and pull over ASAP. Stopping cold on a highway lane is a huge hazard.
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Re:I kept honking at a sleeping Tesla driver on the freeway,... by masklinn on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @03:23PM (#28293636)
And you can't use your warnings from the front (well you can but they'll be invisible).

So unless the self-driving vehicle has a routine to activate those on weird slowdown it may be very hard for the traffic coming behind to notice, further increasing the danger.

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