Us 19 has gained a reputation over the years, annie death valley. Study was done last year to identify thousand meter stretches of road where six or more people had been killed over a 16 year period. When they identified all the hot spots, seven of them were on the single road in this single county. The speed limit is as high as 55 miles an hour, which means a lot of people are going 60 to 70 miles an hour. Cross walks at the lights are super far apart,. You can either walk a mile to get toa cross walk and back, or you can make a run for it. It's both a florida thing and a story of america, i
The data is in on autonomous cars: They are crashing, but they're still doing a lot better than regular cars driven by humans. The Verge’s Andrew Hawkins and Vox’s Marin Cogan take the wheel.
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