Nice quote from Dmitri!<p><pre><code>  “They’re a little bit like a cautious student driver or a
  grandma.” --- Dmitri Dolgov, principal engineer of the program.
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No one likes getting stuck driving behind grandma. I expect as the tech sees more of the light of day, they will go from &#x27;cute curiosity&#x27; to &#x27;extremely frustrating to drive near&#x27;. They will pin you, in some cases, well below the speed limit, which is often set dangerously low.<p>When someone dies trying to pass one of these things, of course it won&#x27;t be the robots fault...<p>Robots should drive to <i>minimize their impact on the road</i>. That would be my guiding philosophy. That means driving appropriate speeds at appropriate times, and not creating a dangerous situation for other drivers. &quot;Slower traffic ahead&quot; is a big danger on the freeway.<p>A human driver would be expected to speed up and merge with traffic and not create an impedance. There is no question the right thing for the software to do is to exceed the posted limit.<p>Imagine a government so willing to help spur investment in driver-less cars they set a different statutory limit for the AI to follow (class-by-class)? Sounds like a very cool way to solve two problems at once. Based on the specifics of the road, visibility, and telemetry, weather, etc. the tech gets a huge boost if the robot can travel significantly faster.