You gave us the choice if answers, and I think it would be insane.

Traffic signs are designed to be simple and easily understood without having to think much.

@RedDeerGuy1 You have spoken of your not doing well in higher mathematics, if you were to get your drivers license, how would you figure out the sign while paying primary attention on driving the damn car?

@zenvelo Self driving cars could work out the higher math problems.

The more complex you make something the higher likelihood of it failing.

When all cars are self driving, there will be no use for traffic signals.

@Darth_Algar Humans are as complex as they get. I would prefer a self driving car. Humans are most likely to fail.

@RedDeerGuy1 Why do computers need to figure out a math problem? They have a lot more data inputs to consider, why complicate things?

What’s the point?

@zenvelo Just wondering if any traffic accidents would be prevented if acceleration, and de-acceleration, was capped at a certain rate? I have cars and motorcycles squealing at night. I was wondering if those in charge of traffic have considered acceleration, and de-acceleration as a factor in making rules?

@RedDeerGuy1

Nevertheless, you’re taking what has always been a simple machine and adding more complexity to it. Auto manufacturers have done more than enough of that in recent years. Case-in-point: a friend of mine recently had an issue where his car wasn’t shifting as quickly or as smoothly as it out to. It use to be that something like this would be an easy, simple mechanical fix that any grease monkey worth his salt could figure out. Not now though. The issue with my friend’s car: his transmission, of all things, needed a software update. Why in the fuck does the transmission have software in the first place?

More technology isn’t always the best step. In fact, often times it is not.

@Darth_Algar Ok. I was hoping that I was on to something unique. Thanks for adding your voice.

It might be helpful to force self-driving cars to maintain a certain distance behind the car in front based on speed. The usual guideline is to stay a car length behind for every 10 mph, but a lot of drivers don’t do that and there is no way of enforcing it.