There's lots of 'randomness' from the historical nature of our roads that I suspect it would be hard for a self driving car to deal with. Mostly I suspect they

There's lots of 'randomness' from the historical nature of our roads that I suspect it would be hard for a self driving car to deal with. Mostly I suspect they'd end up being overcautious where real drivers need to be a bit more aggressive to actually progress. That's definitely the case in London for example (possibly one of the most stressful places to drive), where you could easily be stuck at a junction for an extremely long time unless you inch out and kind of force the other drivers to give way. Other issues that I thought about the other day whilst driving around Leicester is poor road markings. The Leicestershire region in particular have let their markings go to pot (I've noticed this in other places in the UK too) to the point where even I as a human driver struggle to know where the lanes are. What would a self driving car do in that situation? Then there are the 1 car wide country lanes that are national speed limit but actually have two-way traffic. I wouldn't want a self-driving car thinking it's OK to go 60 mph down one of those roads even though that's the allowed speed limit. And could it safely mount the verge or plan to be in one of the few sidings that allow it to pass other cars? I reeeally hope the self-driving cars can be taught to deal with the complexities of the UK road system, I desperately want this to work. Although I like driving, it's mostly tedious in the UK now due to congestion and the big-brother speed camera network. The government expects us to act like robots when we drive, so actually getting a robot to drive would be perfect.