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interesting question about autonomous cars....

Posted by x (aka dmuck) Nov 1 '17, 10:59

will they have to be programmed so that they don't exceed legal speed limits?

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I doubt it. -- nm - Strongbad Nov 1, 11:49
There's a sort of understanding that you can speed in order to pass, isn't there? -- (link) - mara Nov 1, 11:20 9
- My high school Latin teacher got pulled over in MA (near Boston) one for doing 55 in a 55 in the left lane. - ty97 Nov 1, 11:36 6
  - it's typical for new york state drivers to not understand what the left lane is for... - x Nov 1, 11:41 5
    - Illinois. - Spawn Nov 1, 11:42 4
      - swap Utah for Illinois and I'll be right there -- nm - crash davis Nov 1, 11:46
      - what is with these idiot states?....nm - x Nov 1, 11:44 2
        
        Illinois is a state that (at least in the past) would alter which side of the highway was the passing lane. As in, to even-out wear and tear... - Spawn Nov 1, 11:48 1
        
        I... have never heard of that for Illinois. - Dark Callisto Nov 1, 11:52
- while cops don't want you to speed, it has been found that what causes worst accidents isn't that a car was speeding but.... - zeitgeist Nov 1, 11:28
- Yes, from May of 2015. I wish police would enforce this. -- nm - Spawn Nov 1, 11:21
I would imagine so. The liability if they didn't could be massive I'd imagine -- nm - Beaker Nov 1, 11:12
police departments/municipalities would hate this -- nm* - decline Nov 1, 11:03

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