Re: POLITICS is driving the driverless car
"The public cars will end up like public pay phones - filthy, vandalized, and inoperative"
Public pay phones with clearly visible surveillance cameras seldom get treated this way and installing the same things into elevators has had a remarkable effect on vandalism levels. What makes you think that a public car isn't going to have an array of cameras along with things like glass-break/scratch sensors and moisture/damage sensors in the seats plus the facility to upload on the fly when most taxis and busses already have this stuff?
My pick is that when damage is detected the car will alert an operator to check the cams and from there call Mr Plod & trundle itself along to the nearest station/patrol car and that wee scrotes who think it's funny to carve their initials in shop/train/bus/parked car windows or tear up the seats will suffer a rude shock. Some operators in some areas may simply trundle the car to meet Fat Tony and the Boys, which is likely to result in an even more drastic reduction in damage to property as scrotes are likely to discover that a second offense is hazardous to their health.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
