Self Driving Cars - quick question

Tesla has toggled on and off the feature to speed several times. Maybe today but maybe not tomorrow??? It is probably more common to be restricted to the speed limit though.

If all cars are self-driving, then theoretically the speed limit could be much higher. It is limited to 65-70 partly due to human error.

In current self-driving cars, you can set the speed much higher than the limit and the vehicle will dynamically speed up/slow down depending on traffic.

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If all cars are self-driving, then theoretically the speed limit could be much higher. It is limited to 65-70 partly due to human error.

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Good points in all the replies. But like Johnny said, it depends on the % of self driving cars, otherwise the speed limits will remain if not everyone has autonomous cars, and the issue of speed limits will exist. Could be a very long transition period. More than likely 10+ years after the trend to autonomous vehicles really starts.

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do we still need car insurance?

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They will still get there money somewhere somehow

You can override it and tell it how fast to go. My wife just got the new FSD and it’s pretty good.

What's an FSD?

Oh okay, a Tesla. I don't keep up much..

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Who is at fault in a wreck? Not me if I'm not driving

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guessing it'll be like if someone gets hurt at your house, even if you're not the one at fault.

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How are people going to deal with their vehicle staying on the speed limit? Taking longer to get to places. Just the feeling of going "slow".

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That assumes they will actually pay attention once the car becomes self-driving. Hell, they barely pay attention with full control behind the wheel.

The aggravating part is when the car "sees" the wrong speed limit. Regardless of the time of day or day of the week, when I drive through a school zone, my car's pop-up display defaults to the school zone speed.

What happens when you roll through that construction zone that wants to drop the speed limit 10-20 mph when workers are present. Will it automatically assume that's the speed limit even if no one is there; or will the car whip through the construction zone at the normal speed limit even with workers present?

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guessing it'll be like if someone gets hurt at your house, even if you're not the one at fault.

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I remember stories that came out back in the day about self driving cars getting into accidents just running into other vehicles. Wonder how that was worked out.

Guessing those may have been test vehicles or trial programs, so it could be irrelevant.

It's unsafe not to go with the traffic flow. I'm 100% against any kind of automated driving. If been driving for over 50 years and I've not used cruise control even once.