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pton_xd • yesterday at 6:48 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

Eventually your car will autonomously pull over to the side of the road, lock the doors, and instruct you to wait patiently for the arriving officer. Please return your hands to the steering wheel.


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gnabgib • yesterday at 8:29 PM

Waymo already does this.. well it doesn't stop and wait, it's proactive.

Waymo reports teen riders for bad behavior and delivers them to the police (60 points, 1 month ago, 31 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48824010

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nilamo • yesterday at 6:55 PM

It'll just redirect you directly to a holding cell intake. Dangerous drivers shouldn't be left on the road.

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morkalork • yesterday at 7:30 PM

Sir, can you put your hands in the yellow circles, please?

esalman • yesterday at 8:26 PM

And Tesla will be the pioneer.

cucumber3732842 • yesterday at 8:54 PM

The sad part is I can already imagine the useful idiots hand wringing in the comments about how it's such a travesty that we allow old cars that don't do that on the road and we need to "incentivize" those people to behave right with punitive tax policy.