On: Men Harassed a Woman in a Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her in Traffic

[maxerickson]

At some point, sure, run the person threatening your safety over.

Running over a protester isn't entirely comparable.

[teqsun → maxerickson]

I disagree. Blocking vehicles as a pedestrian is a nuisance regardless of motivation and ideology, but no one deserves to be run over unless they are presenting a threat that legally and morally justifies lethal force.

[quantified → teqsun]

Cue the trolley problem, like I'm trying to get my wife to the hospital.

The South African cars outfitted with flamethrowers come to mind.

[maxerickson → teqsun]

At some point ... threatening your safety

I guess that isn't overly specific, but what the hell else do you think I meant?

[tomcam → maxerickson]

> Running over a protester isn't entirely comparable.

What if they’re blocking emergency vehicles? Seems to me it’s very possible that they could be a few dozen cars back in heavy traffic.

In the USA we don’t have good laws for this.

[teqsun → tomcam]

> In the USA we don’t have good laws for this.

hence why it's a current go-to in the protestors playbook. If/When such laws are introduced, different tactics will be used instead, I predict.

[quantified → teqsun]

I haven't had to deal with this yet, but wouldn't moving slowly just push someone out of the way? If they are lying down I suppose that'll be a problem, but at least they can't spray-paint you.