On the flip side, imagine what some cyclists will do if the cars are actually programmed to never run them over, no matter what they do. They would have to be g

On the flip side, imagine what some cyclists will do if the cars are actually programmed to never run them over, no matter what they do. They would have to be given a pretty large 'bubble' around them with relatively slow traffic to really make sure of this, and then some cyclist will be a jerk and swerve all over the road erratically, throwing traffic into fits, just because he can do it safely. That's one of the trickier aspects of robo-cars that we'll have to figure out how to deal with when they start making up a significant amount of traffic. When humans are in control, there will always be a few people who are inclined to act like jerks as long as they can get away with it. On the roads today, the imperfect drivers around us and the prospect of a nasty crash tends to keep us all honest. What would the troublemakers do if the roads were 95%+ robo-cars that will drive such as to never hit them, no matter what they do?