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I'm very excited to here this because it solves the regulatory chicken and egg. Nevada gets a bump for being first (if things go well) and other municipalities can point to Nevada to craft their own regulations.

Kudos to Nevada on this one.

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This makes me want to visit Las Vegas for this reason alone. I would love to go to Vegas and for the first time in my life ride in a driverless car, convertable, top down, and enjoy the view, take pictures, and relax no matter what the traffic is like.

I can see this being a MASSIVE boost to tourist cities.

I think there's only one street in the whole state that gets bad traffic.

Hey now! There are at least 2 other streets that get traffic at least annually.

It doesn't matter, traffic or not, I don't have to worry about driving, or street names, or traffic lights, or GPS directions. It's like the convenience of mass transit with the convenience of a private vehicle merged into one.

The bonus in vegas is more that you can be drunk and not have to worry about driving than it is the traffic. Of course, you could also just take a taxi.

Of course, you could also just take a taxi.

Oh it will be a taxi all right, just not driven by a human...

Actually, thanks to all the drunk drivers, badly designed roads, people from out of state, etc., traffic in the LV metro area is pretty horrible. Luckily there's a monorail on the strip.

Yes! I hope this will snowball!

s/to here/to hear/

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