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0 pointsculturestate5mo ago0 comments

I don’t think you can really bake that in because the traffic rules can change day-to-day.

For example, there’s a street in my neighborhood that’s normally open for two-way traffic, but one of the buildings that fronts it is being renovated so the street was changed to one-way for about a month, and as of a couple of days ago it’s still one-way but in the other direction. Imagine trying to get a car to work that out on its own.

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JohnFen5mo ago

That's exactly a situation where signage is mandatory (and, I think, legally required) to say what the current rule is. The hard-coded traffic law that would apply here is "obey the traffic signs".

The point I was making is that these cars should absolutely not be "learning" what rules to follow by observing what other drivers actually do. When there is no clear signage, there are well-defined laws about what drivers need to do and self-driving cars need to follow those even if human drivers don't.

throwaway2905mo ago

> Imagine trying to get a car to work that out on its own.

Wdym imagine? I was told self driving cars are better at literally following rules than humans?

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