i’d take herbie over any of the ‘self driving’ vehicles on the road today.

that isn’t uncommon in the u.s., but it’s not found everywhere. some jurisdictions have a lower nighttime speed limit for trucks or all vehicles, too.

50kph (31mph) is a bit slow for intercity highway travel. we could start by re-enacting nmsl, signed by nixon (some people will need to be reminded that it was a republican, nixon, that implemented 55mph… not carter) in '74, that established the 55mph maximum speed limit after israeli allies found themselves on the wrong side of an oil embargo (the '73 oil crisis).