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Militaries might be very interested in funding "self driving" vehicles that were not meant for public traffic.

(much like maritime rights of way exist, but some navies prefer the simpler rule: "if it's grey, stay away")

[DocTomoe]

Incidentally, those are often the Navies who lose ships due to getting rammed by a cruise ship [1], allied vessels [2] and shipping boats [3]. Might may make right, but can be expensive.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_patrol_boat_Naiguat... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne%E2%80%93Evans_collis... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehime_Maru_and_USS_Greeneville...