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Re:San Francisco fire chief fed up with robotaxis that mess ... by c00lio on Thursday June 22, 2023 @12:55PM (#36435147)
You won't immediately loose your license for speeding, even in Switzerland. Afaik it'll be expensive until 20km/h over, only after that will the really nasty things like criminal prosecution and car impound start (for first-time offenders, repeat offenders are punished more harshly).
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Re:San Francisco fire chief fed up with robotaxis that mess ... by jeffbee on Thursday June 22, 2023 @01:10PM (#36435413)
40km/h over in a built-up area in Switzerland is not only an automatic fine and loss of license, it is automatic jail time with no judicial discretion. This is the equivalent of 45MPH in a city, for the American readers.
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Re:San Francisco fire chief fed up with robotaxis that mess ... by c00lio on Thursday June 22, 2023 @01:50PM (#36436016)
Yes, but there are a lot of "in-betweens":

https://www.ch.ch/en/vehicles-and-traffic/how-to-behave-in-r...

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Re:San Francisco fire chief fed up with robotaxis that mess ... by Kirby64 on Thursday June 22, 2023 @02:39PM (#36436773)
Some states have "super speeder" punishments similar to this, with mandatory jail time if you're over a certain speed (>100mph usually) or just over a certain amount over the speed limit (double the limit, or something).

Either way, none of those address the new problem of robotaxis. If any normal human did this type of thing, you could go scream at them or honk your horn enough for them to figure it out. If it isn't programmed into the robotaxis logic it won't do anything as shown. Or possibly do the wrong thing.

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