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posted by martyb on Wednesday August 26 2015, @04:56PM   Printer-friendly
from the could-get-interesting-on-Halloween dept.

A police officer is directing traffic in the intersection when he sees a self-driving car barreling toward him and the occupant looking down at his smartphone. The officer gestures for the car to stop, and the self-driving vehicle rolls to a halt behind the crosswalk. "This seems like a pretty plausible interaction. Human drivers are required to pull over when a police officer gestures for them to do so. It’s reasonable to expect that self-driving cars would do the same." But Will Oremus writes that while it's clear that police officers should have some power over the movements of self-driving cars, "what’s less clear is where to draw the line." Should an officer be able to "do the same if he suspects the passenger of a crime? And what if the passenger doesn’t want the car to stop—can she override the command, or does the police officer have ultimate control?"

According to a RAND Corp. report on the future of technology and law enforcement “the dark side to all of the emerging access and interconnectivity is the risk to the public’s civil rights, privacy rights, and security.” It added, “One can readily imagine abuses that might occur if, for example, capabilities to control automated vehicles and the disclosure of detailed personal information about their occupants were not tightly controlled and secured.”


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Wednesday August 26 2015, @08:28PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday August 26 2015, @08:28PM (#228254) Journal

    Taking control of my vehicle is tantamount to kidnapping me.

    Don't delude yourself: when the self-driving car will get sold, it won't be your car.
    What you will own is a limited license to "drive" the car, the same way it happens with a software or the John Deer tractors [wired.com] of today.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
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