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by iaw 1790 days ago
Innovation always precedes regulation/safety. Look at the early automobile and the road marker[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_surface_marking

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I agree with your point that government regulation is fundamentally reactive to private sector innovation, hence lagging. That being said, this particular issue of autonomous driving has been a hot topic for the better part of a decade now and I would like our governments to tackle it.