It's interesting to see you post that because I feel like I've read articles where cities in the US have tried the same approach with Google and they genericall

It's interesting to see you post that because I feel like I've read articles where cities in the US have tried the same approach with Google and they generically responded with "Formally change the rules/laws/speeds/whatever and we will follow that but we don't make random, single changes for the whims of the city" (my rephrasing of what they said). I'm having trouble finding the source but I believe I saw the link here on HN and it was to an article about a city asking for Google's cooperation in regards to a sharp/blind downhill turn or something? Hope that jogs someone else's memory.