[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.