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I wonder what happens to speed limits when self driving cars are ubiquitous... I mean, once there are no more revenue from violations, and cars know ideal speed

I wonder what happens to speed limits when self driving cars are ubiquitous... I mean, once there are no more revenue from violations, and cars know ideal speeds far better than legislatures, should we just let the computers figure out what speed they want to go?

toong 13y ago
Currently, 'recuding accidents' are the primary driver for speed regulations (at least in Europe) There are a lot of other variables to optimize for, both on individual basis (fuel, travel time, battery life, ...) and collective basis (congestion locallity, total time lost in congestion, emissions, ...) I guess legislatures - over time - will try to optimize some variables for 'the greater good' instead of minimizing your travel time :-)
- riffraff 13y ago
  do you mean reducing accidents (is the primary driver..), or are "recuding accident" a category of accidents?
  - riffraff 13y ago
    err, downvotes are ok, but I actually don't know the answer to this so it would be nice to also receive a reply. It's sad that asking questions is considered bad.
  - toong 13y ago
    I meant the first thing, yes. I'm not sure what you mean with the other option ?