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		_dp9d on Nov 17, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Baidu’s self-driving cars begin public test in Wuz... > Wait, isn't that what traffic police are for? They just punish after the fact. I'm still able to make a poor driving choice that results in the injury or death of a bunch of people.

hx87 on Nov 17, 2016 [–]

They also incentivize you to get your shit together before terrible things happen. After all, that's 50% of what punishments are for.

_dp9d on Nov 17, 2016 | [–]

Sure, but they still don't physically stop you from doing something bad. It's still very possible, and actually easy to do it.

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