I think this will go differently. When people are removed from the task of driving their focus will instead be on reading, sleeping, conversing etc, instead of insisting that they should pass every other vehicle. Traffic runs smoother when cars cooperate well, so there is a shared incentive for good behavior.
Traffic laws and regulations will become more precise in general, and especially with regards to cooperation between vehicles. Just as pollution is tested for today's cars, self-driving cars will be tested both in software and physical environments by regulatory agencies to verify that they behave within limits and cooperate correctly with other vehicles in the environment.
> Someone is also going to realize if they pulse their sensors in a certain way they can get other cars to move, slow down, speed, up, etc that will be to their advantage.
When requirements for self-driving behavior and cooperation are more precisely described, the data logged from real situations will make it far easier than today to identify bad actors after the fact. As long as there are manual cars and autonomous cars, some human drivers may find it amusing to exploit the carefulness of the autonomous vehicles. However if such exploits becomes problematic, the data available from the autonomous vehicles will make it easy to fine the offending drivers.
Synchronized car and traffic signs is such a bliss. When you hit long avenues with just the adequate amount of cars at the right timing, you smoothly roll through it in no time, at 30mph; I take great pleasure in this. I wish cities tried to find more ways to ensure that. Maybe in these days of Uber like data sharing it might be worth thinking.
Traffic laws and regulations will become more precise in general, and especially with regards to cooperation between vehicles. Just as pollution is tested for today's cars, self-driving cars will be tested both in software and physical environments by regulatory agencies to verify that they behave within limits and cooperate correctly with other vehicles in the environment.
> Someone is also going to realize if they pulse their sensors in a certain way they can get other cars to move, slow down, speed, up, etc that will be to their advantage.
When requirements for self-driving behavior and cooperation are more precisely described, the data logged from real situations will make it far easier than today to identify bad actors after the fact. As long as there are manual cars and autonomous cars, some human drivers may find it amusing to exploit the carefulness of the autonomous vehicles. However if such exploits becomes problematic, the data available from the autonomous vehicles will make it easy to fine the offending drivers.