> satellite imagery of the area adds information about lane disposition, and the number of lanes, as well as the existence of a hard shoulder and the presence o

> satellite imagery of the area adds information about lane disposition, and the number of lanes, as well as the existence of a hard shoulder and the presence of pedestrians Hmmm.... A bit like autonomous driving, sounds like the sort of thing that probably works beautifully well in places like the US and elsewhere with wide roads and predictable grid patterns. I imagine this sort of thing would mark large swathes of Europe,Africa, Japan, India and all sorts of other places as "accident hot-spots" though.