See also the Glooper in Pratchett's Making Money.

Durely a human being should review the evidence before going off half cocked.

We, the general public, gain nothing.

Corporations gain control of public spaces by allowing corporations to cast other road users as incompetent. Much the same as GM, etc., did with jay walking laws in the US.

Distinguishing between human and robot drivers in this way benefits only corporations and the politicians they pay.

Is it really such an imposition to simply drive at the posted limit at all times when passing a school? It only takes a few seconds even if you slow to a crawl.

It can just read the sign surely? My ancient Tesla S can read simple speed limit signs and in France distinguishes between those that apply to it and those that apply only to lorries because of the notice below the speed limit sign.

Then it really would be as simple as looking up the calendar or simply erring on the safe side that all weekdays are schooldays.

Waymo only operates on fully mapped roads anyway so I think that Waymo could be reasonably expected to include such abilities.

But other countries have far fewer accidents than the US so it isn't quite so black and white. The gain from autonomous vehicles will be much less in the UK for instance.

If you really want to reduce accident rates you need to improve road design and encourage more use of public transport and cycling. This requires no new vehicles, no new software, no driver training, and doesn't need autonomous vehicles at all.

Email is much easier to secure.

> receptionist's PC she uses to browse Facebook to pass the time.

Why does 'her' PC have access to the internet?

Reducing the attack surface by not using cloud services would still help.

Why is a weapons plant using any cloud services?

Where in the world do they give the flu vaccine to everyone?

The general public can walk into a grocery store pharmacy in the US, pay nothing (insurance covers it), and get a flu vaccine. So, USA.