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Speed Limit: 45 MPH / Minimum: 65 MPH

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signs may only apply to the road after them, so you could validly stop just before it.

My thoughts exactly; problem solved. Just do what the first sign says before the others apply.

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Welcome to Germany

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How to segfault an autonomous vehicle.

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Someone will at some point try this for sure

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Actually I’d think handling unclear situations like this would be one of the major things that makes autonomous driving systems so complicated and challenging to develop.

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You are completely correct. The “happy path” or what to do if everything goes right is fairly straightforward for autonomous cars. It’s when it gets into exceptions or unexpected scenarios like this that it becomes a problem. It’s a car so you can’t just stop it in the middle of the road, but you cant tell it to ignore road signs either

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I knew printing your own signs would lead to interesting exploits, but this is just next level.

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What concerns me the most is the no uturn followed by road that says you can pass and in theory u turn

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reverse

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Sliiiide to the left!

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