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On Sat, 06 Jan 2018 23:12:23 -0500, DaveFroble <davef at tsoft-inc.com>
wrote:

>nospam wrote:
>> In article <UqadnYipPeRD6czHnZ2dnUU7-KPNnZ2d at giganews.com>, Ron C
>> <r.capik at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>>>> human drivers make all sorts of mistakes, some incredibly stupid.
>>> however, human drivers can't be hacked by malevolent actors
>> 
>> sure they can. it's called carjacking.
>> 
>> or malicious actors, such as dropping a rock off a bridge.
>> <http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/23/us/flint-teens-rock-throwing-murder-trnd/
>> index.html>
>>   (CNN)Five teenagers from Michigan have been charged with
>>   second-degree murder after being accused of throwing a rock off an
>>   overpass that killed a man, according to the Genesee County Sheriff's
>>   Office.
>
>And what?
>
>The autonomous car's sensors sees the rock, and raises it's shields to repel the 
>rock?  Maybe swerves, and causes a pile up.

Once cars are fully autonomous, maybe they won't need to have a giant
window across the front. Just put that view on a video screen, a screen
that can be switched to show news headlines, movies, whatever. The 'view
ahead' simply becomes one option of many. Then, with the front
windshield gone, falling rocks can hit something sturdier than glass.