Driverless cars could cripple law enforcement.

[holtmcg]

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/05...cement-budgets



Cliffs:

> About 41,000,000 traffic citations were handed out, amounting over $6.2 billion.
> Google makes self driving car that has never gotten citation.
> Law enforcement is mad as f*ck about it.

[PuristBrah]

curious to know how self driving cars will impact car insurance companies. would the vehicle owner be liable if the car malfunctions causing a wreck?

[Critter5592]

actually they are mad they can't beat an AI senseless

[Mr.Roarke]

curious to know how self driving cars will impact car insurance companies.

this too. Comprehension coverage will still be big though.

[GiantMonkey]

Police unions will lobby lawmakers to make driverless cars illegal.

[xevolution]

Inb4 Google is murdered by law enforcement

[holtmcg]

curious to know how self driving cars will impact car insurance companies. would the vehicle owner be liable if the car malfunctions causing a wreck?

So far, the google car hasn't even been in a car accident. But, I'm guessing there will be an insurance rider or something that covers the vehicle.

[JoshSP1985]

curious to know how self driving cars will impact car insurance companies. would the vehicle owner be liable if the car malfunctions causing a wreck?

It would work the exact same way as insurance does now... However insurance rates would drop and in the beginning you would probably get some type of credit that lessens your premium if you own a self driving car assuming they're proven over time to be involved in less accidents.

All those cars still have a manual mode because there will always be a reason to drive it yourself in some situations so they'll be insured like normal cars.

[JoshSP1985]

actually they are mad they can't beat an AI senseless

LMAO

prob try to ticket the owner because the driver seat seat belt isn't buckled even though no one is sitting there.

[trackguy75]

Lol at driverless cars. So what do you do when shorts or something going 70+ mpg I'll wait 30 years to buy one till they work out all the bugs. Trail and error

[Aesthetical]

Im sure there will be a law passed stating it is illegal for a driverless car to operate on a road.

Even though research and data will show its is safer and more reliable.

[GDPONE]

Police unions will lobby lawmakers to make driverless cars illegal.

Exactly. Same reason for the war on drugs. Its not even really all about the revenue generated by busting people. Its the political clout they get by touting stats and busts in front of the public. Pretending they are keeping people safe.

[GluteusMaximus]

If the police were really about protecting the public and increasing safety they would back this 100%. Unfortunately, the police largely exist as a fundraising mechanism for the municipality and this puts a huge dent in their ability to rob drivers senseless.

[JoshSP1985]

Best **** would be oh crap no parking spaces. Hey car go home and come back and pick me up in an hour... hnng

However I'm assuming laws will force people to be in the cars if they're moving even if on full auto-pilot, but then again I remember seeing some advertisement about a car that dropped you off at the front door then when and parked itself in a parking garage and then came and picked you up when you told it to via your phone.

[holtmcg]

Lol at driverless cars. So what do you do when shorts or something going 70+ mpg I'll wait 30 years to buy one till they work out all the bugs. Trail and error

It's gone 700,00+ miles on public road without an accident or citations. I think it's doing just fine.

[omac]

actually they are mad they can't beat an AI senseless

[holtmcg]

Im sure there will be a law passed stating it is illegal for a driverless car to operate on a road.

Even though research and data will show its is safer and more reliable.

If the police were really about protecting the public and increasing safety they would back this 100%. Unfortunately, the police largely exist as a fundraising mechanism for the municipality and this puts a huge dent in their ability to rob drivers senseless.

Why would the police want this? Police don't care about public safety. Police departments are a business (serious).

[TorontoBrah]

Yeah but what about millions of jobs it will replace? Not just impacting police, but so many driver positions such as taxis, truck drivers, couriers, etc

[JoshSP1985]

If the police were really about protecting the public and increasing safety they would back this 100%. Unfortunately, the police largely exist as a fundraising mechanism for the municipality and this puts a huge dent in their ability to rob drivers senseless.

Your opinion is reinforced when you consider they give out speeding tickets like 1000 to 1 vs tailgaiting which is far far far more dangerous than someone traveling 10-15-20 over the posted limit especially considering most speed limits are well below the travel speeds the roads were designed for.

[MiamiLife305]

Im sure there will be a law passed stating it is illegal for a driverless car to operate on a road.

Even though research and data will show its is safer and more reliable.

This

Same reason we have retarded speeding limit when research shows speeding limits do not improve safety

Just a way to earn some easy cash by handing out tickets

[GolfPants]

Good.

[All-Star11]

imagine a security breach in the AI for cars...all of a sudden all driverless cars are now dangerous weapons...think about it brahs

[JoshSP1985]

Yeah but what about millions of jobs it will replace? Not just impacting police, but so many driver positions such as taxis, truck drivers, couriers, etc

Eventually we'll all be on government stipends. There is pretty much no way around it due to automation.

On a far enough timeline the only jobs that will exist will be politicians. Eventually even robots/computers will be better at designing/repairing themselves than we are.

Well that and entertainment/comedy/acting etc.

Basically you'll get your government stipend and if you want to make more money that that it will be up to you to find or create one of the limited available jobs.

[BACCuS91]

Inb4 I get a dwi
"Ocifferrrr but I wasn't even driving"

[Vastusaurus]

law enforcement mad that there's less law to enforce because of safer car, the cheeky kents

**** them

[Tbone991]

lol, with drugs slowly on the way to being legalised/decriminalised and driverless cars 50 years from now cops won't have a fukkin thing to do.

[GDPONE]

Yeah but what about millions of jobs it will replace? Not just impacting police, but so many driver positions such as taxis, truck drivers, couriers, etc

Yeah we should stop using farm equipment and go back to doing everything by hand because automation took too many of those jobs.

[E90335i]

Perfect. always have a designated driver.

[BUDDED]

Brb driverless law enforcement vehicles citing for driverless cars not driving perfectly.

Everyone wins

[drjjg]

Excellent. It Will also render most drinking and driving a thing of the past.

Automation can set us free. We just have to make sure it's used for that purpose, rather than to enhance the government's ( and other powerful organizations ) control over us. IMO that will prove to be the most difficult thing, far more difficult than the development of the technology itself.