We could do that. We could take all children away from the parents as soon as they are born and make them wards of the state. That way they would all get the same amount of attention and stimulation at an early age, the same nutrition, the same access to the same government schools, etc...

Well, it is feasible. It is just easier to do it the other way, that is to set a minimum baseline and reduce the larger brains down to the baseline. That would be much easier than grafting on to smaller brains.

Deluded, uneducated, and stupid are separate concepts.

Many people do not have home telephones. Cell phones can have dead batteries and/or poor coverage. What is a better alternative?

What are they going to learn? How to not pay attention; how to not allow other vehicles to merge; how to force their way in when not allowed to merge; how to tailgate; how to brake check when others are tailgating; how to not use turn signals; what type of actions from other vehicles should cause them to rage; how to rage properly; how to ignore all the signs leading up to your exit and then cut across three lanes to take it at the last second; how to drive slow in the fast lane; how to pass when there isn't really room; how close they can get to a bicycle without actually hitting it; or hitting it, either way; ... etc..

DMCA. That's how the auto makers reconcile it. If you are not an "authorized" service center then any attempts to read or modify data on the bus, or add unauthorized equipment, will constitute "circumvention." I'm sure authorization can be had for small fee.

Hey, those people coming in on H1Bs are just doing the work that American's aren't willing to do.

I guess I didn't do a good job of separating the two issues. 1st issue from the GP: avoiding kids crossing the street - Car should be able to do it. 2. Police officer, regardless of where he or she is standing at a given instant, gets to direct traffic. I would hope the car wouldn't run over them no matter where they are standing (see issue 1) but the real question was more to whether the car, when self driving, would be able to understand what the officer was telling traffic to do. And further, how to deal with other less common traffic situations, like double parked cars, broken down cars, construction areas, etc.. The car may be smart enough to avoid running into things, but will it be able to negotiate its way around the anomaly?

The cars should be smart enough to stop for any object blocking the road or moving predicted to be blocking the road when the car gets there. The question of the police officer is interesting though. And what if it isn't a police officer? What if there is simply a car or truck stopped blocking your lane, loading or unloading or just double parked. Will the car know when it is safe to cross into the other lane and go around?

Do the cars have an alarm or something that alerts the occupant (back-up driver) in the event it gets confused?

Maybe, but it can't be worse than Scorpion, can it?

Hold the trial in a neutral location outside the US like Switzerland. It can be based on US law, but under the control of an independent third party. Get agreement that any prison time is spent somewhere with a humane prison system, like Norway.

Statistically speaking, you are more likely to end up on the zombie side than you are the survivor side. To that end I think we should start stocking up on brains to keep us fed during our long trek to Glacier National Park.

Or that U2 was free and they would have had to pay for Taylor Swift?

This will end up being considered suspicious behavior and you will be stopped and ID'd, doesn't matter that you haven't done anything wrong. Not only that but now you have made it EASIER for the network of cameras to track your movement because unless significant numbers of people are wearing these you are going to stand out like a full moon, at night, with clear skies, viewed from somewhere at high altitude away from light pollution.

Had this on DSL 15 years ago. It was great. I had a choice of at least half a dozen ISPs. Never happen today with the politicians in the pockets of Big Tubes. (Yes I just made that up).