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This is what you get with self-driving cars; someone else is doing the driving, and that means someone else gets to decide when you stop. You may also get it w

This is what you get with self-driving cars; someone else is doing the driving, and that means someone else gets to decide when you stop. You may also get it with regular cars; but you definitely get it with self-driving cars. So all you self-driving advocates keep that in mind...

rtpg 13y ago
I feel like I'll veer off topic here but you should probably weigh the advantages/disadvantages of that sort of opposition. Unlike what movies might lead us to believe, running away from the police (car chase style) seems to be very useless in terms of your chances of getting your innocence proved or whatever (not like you're going to run off and discover that proof). This site(http://pursuitsafety.org/mediakit/statistics.html http://pursuitsafety.org/mediakit/statistics.html) has a bunch of tidbits on the topic, namely that pursuits are extremely dangerous (most end in car crashes) and are dangerous to bystanders as well. The role of police aggresivity can also be an issue, but that's why we have the constitution. Searches without warrants are no-gos, so in theory you have no incentive to speed off( There was that recent article about the FBI pulling people over and making up probable cause though...). I am slightly biased because of some personal reasons, but I am absolutely fine with having your liberty to drive extremely fast and putting everyone around you in danger for self-driving cars. In fact, I'm willing to give up that liberty just for the safety effects. All the logistics bonuses (sharing cars and whatnot) are a great plus, obviously. In any case the police will stop you at one point if they really want to. I think there are probably more fundamental issues to tackle if you want to get into issues with the police force.
wizawuza 13y ago
If it means I don't have to deal with accidents on the road or the subsequent rubber-necking assholes, I'm fine with that tradeoff.
- joering2 13y ago
  ... and would you be fine if cops were unable to stop thief disabled car and decided to stop yours that was in front of his and therefore using it as a stopping wall "for greater good of pedestrians and drivers around you". Good luck then. Make sure you have a damn good chiropractor and well-written last will.
- blueskin_ 13y ago
  Just means you have to deal with every skiddie who can install metasploit when the system is inevitably discovered to be massively insecure.

rtpg 13y ago

I feel like I'll veer off topic here but you should probably weigh the advantages/disadvantages of that sort of opposition. Unlike what movies might lead us to believe, running away from the police (car chase style) seems to be very useless in terms of your chances of getting your innocence proved or whatever (not like you're going to run off and discover that proof). This site(http://pursuitsafety.org/mediakit/statistics.html http://pursuitsafety.org/mediakit/statistics.html) has a bunch of tidbits on the topic, namely that pursuits are extremely dangerous (most end in car crashes) and are dangerous to bystanders as well. The role of police aggresivity can also be an issue, but that's why we have the constitution. Searches without warrants are no-gos, so in theory you have no incentive to speed off( There was that recent article about the FBI pulling people over and making up probable cause though...). I am slightly biased because of some personal reasons, but I am absolutely fine with having your liberty to drive extremely fast and putting everyone around you in danger for self-driving cars. In fact, I'm willing to give up that liberty just for the safety effects. All the logistics bonuses (sharing cars and whatnot) are a great plus, obviously. In any case the police will stop you at one point if they really want to. I think there are probably more fundamental issues to tackle if you want to get into issues with the police force.

wizawuza 13y ago

If it means I don't have to deal with accidents on the road or the subsequent rubber-necking assholes, I'm fine with that tradeoff.

joering2 13y ago
... and would you be fine if cops were unable to stop thief disabled car and decided to stop yours that was in front of his and therefore using it as a stopping wall "for greater good of pedestrians and drivers around you". Good luck then. Make sure you have a damn good chiropractor and well-written last will.
blueskin_ 13y ago
Just means you have to deal with every skiddie who can install metasploit when the system is inevitably discovered to be massively insecure.