"@<a href=""https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymcOLL2qEg8&amp;t=3m20s"">3:20</a> nope. The roads in Brazil are dynamic. If it rains potholes will magically appear and water mains will burst and create gigantic hidden craters.",(reply>), Technology will be improved to deal with it. Step by step, we're just getting started.,(reply>), The first car will notice a difference, slow down to "remap the environment".<br>It's like us: when we are on a familiar road we go pretty fast, but the moment we notice "something's different" we "slow down" because we are "remapping" the environment.  <br><br>However every single human driver on that road with a difference (like a downed branch) will have to do that remapping.  <br><br>With autonomous systems, the fleet can learn together. The first car "remaps" and every other car can learn from it.<br><br>Additionally, the "fleet" can seamlessly report obstructions to the relevant authorities so that it's cleared out quicker than it would  be when relying on a fraction of humans who encounter such obstructions to text/call while driving,(reply>), Yeah but when these cars become mainstream the effort to improve the streets would be imperative for the economy.