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International Law

• f and for

Road Safety

Bryant Walker Smith

Assistant Professor University of South Carolina School of Law and (by courtesy) School of Engineering Affiliate Scholar Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School cyberlaw.stanford.edu/bws

“…promoting the development and safety of international road traffic by establishing certain uniform rules…”

Law

• Law is concerned with how we act
• Different legal subjects behave differently

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Rules

Independently

• ptimal

Dependently

• ptimal

Dependently optimal

• Necessity
• Efficiency
• Expectation

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_sign#Sign_variants

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_sign#Sign_variants

https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/conventn/Conv_road_signs_2006v_EN.pdf

http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-at-a-STOP-Sign

Norms beyond Conventions

• Distraction: Binding obligation (Vienna)
• Intoxication: Best practice (Consol. Res.)

Rules

Independently

• ptimal

Dependently

• ptimal

Down the road

• New information  New norms?
• Enhanced enforcement mechanisms
• Key: Balancing uniformity and innovation

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“…promoting the development and safety of international road traffic by establishing certain uniform rules…”

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