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Comment author: roystgnr 15 May 2014 04:03:30PM 6 points [-]

When I was a dumb kid, my friends and I regularly jaywalked (jayran?) across 3 lanes at a time of high speed traffic, just to get to a nicer place for lunch. Don't underestimate the populations of stupid and selfish people in the world, or the propensity to change behavior in response to changing incentives.

On the other hand, I'm not sure how the incentives here will change. Any self-driving car is going to be speckled with cameras, and "I know it will slam on the brakes or swerve to avoid me" might not be much temptation when followed with "then it will send my picture to the police".

Comment author: Transfuturist 15 May 2014 06:48:08PM 0 points [-]

Aaaaand now you brought privacy controversy into the mix.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 16 May 2014 01:42:18AM 1 point [-]

In a completely reasonable way. If your driving strategy involves making problems for other people, that's intrinsically a non-private activity.