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Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic (www.404media.co)

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[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 79 points 2 years ago (8 children)

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

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[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Make it AI controlled for good measure

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[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago

Russian roulette cab ride

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 9 points 2 years ago

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

... O wait

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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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."

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Huh, sounds like their legal department was from Europe?

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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

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[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years 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.

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