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by kd0amg 4665 days ago
Why would that be obvious?

A straight up "no collisions" theorem would require proving limits on the behavior of other objects in and around the road and also that certain mechanical components never fail.

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Again, just as in the base64 program. It is proven correct only in a world without cosmic rays, oxydation, failing capacitors, etc.

The 'only' difference is one of scale (orders of orders of magnitude.)

The scale difference is the difference between trivial and serious. Cosmic rays aren't nearly as much a hazard of day-to-day programming as other cars are of day-to-day driving.