[paganel]

> Some human drivers in these cases will (illegally?) cross the double yellow lines into the oncoming lane to pass the double-parked vehicles

This is legal in my country, I mean, crossing the continuous white line in case there's an obstacle blocking your advancement, in this case the obstacle being the parked cars you mention. Granted, there still are obtuse (I'd say stupid) cops in my country who'd not consider those parked cars as an obstacle and you'd get a ticket, and probably you'd get your license suspended, too.

[rmccue]

Where I am (Queensland, Australia), it's legal to cross the double white line to give cyclists clearance (1m for <60km, 1.5 for >60km). It's also legal to straddle the lane divider or drive on painted islands to do so.

I imagine the self-driving cars are going to have significant hurdles to adapt to different jurisdictions.

[visarga]

It would seem they need to test and adjust the car locally in each region before release. After they collect the data sets, they just need to finetune to the local dataset.