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Comment by Meekro

I've been in situations where I'm waiting to make a tricky left turn safely while people behind me literally yell at me to go faster. Now those same people have to contend with cars that can't be intimidated into making risky turns by the driver behind them yelling, honking, or tailgating. I hope it plays out like this:

1. Driver tailgates at an intersection or stop sign to try to intimidate the driverless car in front of him into going faster.

2. Driverless car ignores it, and gets rear-ended.

3. Google helpfully provides the tailgater's insurance company with a copy of the 360 degree video, conclusively proving his guilt under law.

4. Tailgater's insurance rates skyrocket after his insurer is forced to pay the maximum to repair the expensive driverless car.

5. Tailgater is forced to stop being a jackass.

parent Meekro 8 years ago

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