<story><title>Singapore Is the Perfect Place to Test Self-Driving Cars</title><url>http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/08/why-singapore-leads-in-self-driving-cars/494222/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlanticCities+%28CityLab%29</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jasonjei</author><text>Singapore also has a political framework that could force self-driving car adoption if the powers that be want it.  Things that could be mandated such as self-driving only car lanes and motorways could be possible given the small size of Singapore and the powerful nature of the government. It would be unthinkable &lt;i&gt;at present&lt;/i&gt; in America to force all cars on certain roads to be self-driving only. Singapore has the sort of culture that values &amp;quot;safety&amp;quot; over freedom.&lt;p&gt;In America, for better or worse, it would take a long time to mandate these things if they were even possible (considering that the same laws would need to be passed at least 52 times for states and territories). America has checks and balances--everybody gets their say.</text></comment>
<story><title>Singapore Is the Perfect Place to Test Self-Driving Cars</title><url>http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/08/why-singapore-leads-in-self-driving-cars/494222/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlanticCities+%28CityLab%29</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Someone1234</author><text>&amp;gt; Singapore makes a particularly good testing ground for automated vehicles. Its manageable size (it’s about three-and-a-half Districts of Columbia), flat terrain, warm weather, and well-kept roads provide about as simple of an urban landscape as one could ask for. And its government is supportive of such technology, having formed an Autonomous Vehicle Initiative to oversee research in 2014.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d argue we already have too much testing under &amp;quot;ideal conditions.&amp;quot; I want to see self-driving vehicles tested in snow, in rain, in strong winds, in fog, and on mountain roads.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t get me wrong, you absolutely want to start developing it under best conditions, but if they legitimately want to get this live by 2020 then we need to expand the scope to less idealised situations.</text></comment>