[mikeash]

Many localities can't even be bothered to maintain their paint. It's been speculated that this is one reason why Tesla's Autopilot is so much better than Mercedes' supposedly equivalent system: Mercedes is testing their system on German roads with perfect markings everywhere, Tesla is testing theirs on California roads that haven't been painted since the Reagan administration.

[kamaal]

I can give you a better test environment, Come here and test in India.

If you can get your car to self drive here, I assure you, your car will run anywhere on earth.

[mikeash]

Now that you mention it, it will be really interesting to see what happens with self-driving cars in places like India.