If you're driving in San Francisco one week and then New York City the next, you're probably not paying attention to the small differences in rules when it comes to sharing bikes lanes, passing school buses, and turning right on red.
If you're in a self-driving car, those state-by-state distinctions aren't just a nuisance (and potential ticket since ignorance isn't a legal defense), but rules the self-driving companies don't want to overlook, no matter how tedious. The software controlling the car needs to have those slight variations in traffic law programmed in, especially since companies don't want negative media attention or a blemished record showing it broke the law. Read more...
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