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Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic (www.404media.co)
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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is the seatbelt argument all over again. The safety features protect people in the majority of scenarios. While there may be scenarios where it does more harm than good, they are rare. You’re much safer with the safety feature.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I don't think there is a car where the seat belt is tied to anything besides a little notification beep. Seems like a different situation if the "safety" feature dictates how the car is used.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Seatbelts are legally mandated. When that was going through, some people argued against that requirement on the grounds that there edge cases where it dies more harm than good.

    Just like the case here, those edge cases are vanishingly rare.

    Note: my car won’t move without a seatbelt, but it’s an EV so furthers the argument that EVs are taking control from the driver.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Fair point then about the arguement around safety. For me the bigger issue is control. Cars with kill switches and conditions to use is a slippery slope. Just look at what's happened with software and media. Don't want to have to pirate my car or load custom firmware so I can use it as I want.

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