Bothersome Bystanders and Self Driving Cars – Rodney Brooks

>Drive.AI founder Andrew Ng... "In other words, we can make roads safe for the cars instead of the other way around."

Yes, sure. People should not "provoke" these cars on purpose (although you know malicious intent will come ala Russian car insurance scams) but you have to think of all the unpredictable edge cases: drunks, kids, people who get pushed, fall, etc. It's impossible for them to "act nice" even if they wanted to.

That said, this is better suited for scenarios where predictable routes are the norm, for example, campuses and the like. Still, it puts the onus on people.