> fact that the car was self-driven doesn't really affect any of this
Not fundamentally. But therein lies the solution.
A driver would have yelled at and presumably threatened the young mean. The Waymo, in turn, could chastise the men over loudspeaker before turning it over to a remote human being who can remind the men that they’re being recorded.
That said, a driver can credibly threaten to impact someone threatening them or ram a car in a way self-driving vehicles cannot.
Not fundamentally. But therein lies the solution.
A driver would have yelled at and presumably threatened the young mean. The Waymo, in turn, could chastise the men over loudspeaker before turning it over to a remote human being who can remind the men that they’re being recorded.
That said, a driver can credibly threaten to impact someone threatening them or ram a car in a way self-driving vehicles cannot.