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Re:Normalized crash data shows Autopilot is much less safe t... by FireBeyond on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:41PM (#30184449)
In Australia (I left 15 years ago) it was stated that you were required to drive at the _maximum_ speed that met the conditions:

- not exceeding posted speed limit

- appropriate for environmental conditions

- your ability to safely control the vehicle

And failure to do so could be fined.

Re:Normalized crash data shows Autopilot is much less safe t... by wzdd on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @06:46PM (#30186039)
This is incorrect (which is lucky, because it would both be extremely unreasonable and impossible to enforce). You can only be fined if you are driving so slowly that you are causing an obstruction.

Citations:

NRMA: https://www.mynrma.com.au/cars-and-driving/driver-training-a...

Australian road rules: http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_reg/arr210/s12... -- key paragraph: "a driver does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another driver or a pedestrian only because [...] (b) the driver is driving more slowly than other vehicles (unless the driver is driving abnormally slowly in the circumstances)." (Note that these rules form guidance for the States, so there will be per-state differences -- see below)

Western Australia is the only state which explicitly defines "too slowly", it's 20km/h below the limit, and it only applies to freeways. https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-advice/is-driving-slow-illeg...

Re:Normalized crash data shows Autopilot is much less safe t... by cgriswald on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @06:01PM (#30185423)
Any idea how that worked out in practice?

Anyone can claim their ability to safely control the vehicle would have been impaired at $cited_speed + 1 km/h.