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		binarysolo on March 28, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google's self driving cars can navigate drive-thro... Good idea, but probably can't be relied upon given liability issues (in addition to the whole "print wrong barcode and sabotage restaurant with crashing cars thing).

ramidarigaz on March 29, 2012 [–]

I doubt a malicious map would be allowed to override the car's basic collision avoidance, however it would be a serious nuisance.

EvilTerran on March 29, 2012 | [–]

"paste a wrong barcode over the restaurant's one in the middle of the night & redirect cars to the competitor just down the road", then? :P

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