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Old 01-05-2013, 05:16 PM  
xenigo
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Originally Posted by javbucks View Post
If a self driving car accidentally breaks the driving law then who gets the ticket?
Traffic laws exist so vehicles don't collide. They exist so people - people being they key word - know what to expect with other people behind the wheel of other vehicles, creating order on the roadways.

Autonomy builds in the rules of yielding with computer speed, precision, and efficiency... an efficiency that far eclipses that of human limitations, or what "laws" are designed to protect us from.
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