I already joked about BMW's autodrive finishing off anyone it hit to avoid danger to passengers
To instill the fear that allows their douchebag owners to their dinner reservation on time, maybe they can also program their cars to run over every 10th pedestrian that tempts fate. :) You could be a lucky one!
More seriously, how is the autodriver going to deal with pedestrians on curbs? A human driver can look at someone on the edge of a sidewalk and get a pretty good idea about A) yes, this person sees my car coming and B) they are engaged in some activity that makes it unlikely they are going to step out in the street. Will autodrivers be able to do that, or will they crawl past pedestrian-filled sidewalks at 10 MPH because all humans look alike to them?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
