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Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic (www.404media.co)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] NeoNachtwaechter 79 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Waymo should provide a loaded shotgun in every car. It's America, after all.

/s

[–] lepinkainen 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Make it AI controlled for good measure

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Russian roulette cab ride

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Maybe that could spark a nice tradition of the one sitting besides the drivers seat calling 'shotgun'.

... O wait

[–] AeonFelis 8 points 2 months ago

[–] AngryCommieKender 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

SAAB tried to corner the US market in the '80s and '90s by giving away a shoulder mounted anti tank rocket with each purchase of a car, but their legal team said "that's not an appropriate way to deal with road rage."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Huh, sounds like their legal department was from Europe?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They should have little nozzles to disperse a cloud of pepper spray around the vehicle in emergencies.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I had this thought too. Probably unrealistic because of all the ways that can go horribly wrong, but somehow that solution seems easier than convincing a certain subset of men to behave themselves.