Contrary to what many think, there is no uniform traffic law in the U.S, each state has its own traffic laws, and there can be significant differences. Differences such as turning right on a red arrow, wide turns, left passing lanes. These laws can be very different between two States.



From what I have read self driving cars currently can NOT handle these variations, they are programmed for a specific jurisdiction only. So how will this problem be fixed?.

 

More programming, is all. Much less of a problem than getting the cars to do well in one particular State.

 

^ to what Stocker said. Basically every car will have to be programmed for the state it's sold in. However, that doesnt answer the question to what happens if the car travels out of state lines and does something that isn't legal. I think in those instances, drivers will have to maintain control of the vehicle and not let it drive on it's own. But we're still a looooooong way away from that happening so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

 

It'll already have GPS and know where it is. I can pretty much guarantee that they'll do better than any normal person. I do well in neighboring states but I have no idea how driving laws differ in distant states. Any driverless car will have the ability to operate off of a database by location.

 

I am terrified by the concept of self driving cars.