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You’re probably a pampered liberal

Okay, you win the argument automatically.

You're doing exactly the same thing that liberals do when they can't control the argument or are losing the argument, and then come up with their ultimate argument tactic, such as calling the opposition racist of ignorant or just plain dumb.

YOu don't know me. I'm probably a lot more conservative that you. But, you strike me as either a liberal type yourself, or as somebody not intelligent enough to understand a different argument that doesn't jive with your simple-minded approach.

So, according to you, I have to have been in certain precarious situations in order to understand them. Heck, I've never been shot to pieces in order to understand that I was having a bad day. I haven't have my vehicle overturned in order to understand that I might be in danger. I haven't had my head sliced off in order to know that ISIS and Al-Qaeda are not my friends.

I dig go to war, and I survived. I lived in the slums, and I survived. I lived among blacks and Hispanics in their neighborhoods and in their homes, and I survived. I knew how far I could go before I might be in danger. I'm Hispanic myself (born in Puerto Rico, actually), and I know first-hand what minorities go through in their daily lives. Having lived the kind of life that I've had, is what attracted me towards conservative ideals.

The situation that you describe is not something that everybody encounters often, and it happens seldom, but I do know that when it happens to you, it's one time too many.
Even so, autonomous vehicles have nothing to do with how people will treat you or attack you. That a vehicle is catching all the action, is a good thing. And, actually, with the autonomous vehicle, it's very likely that a person would not even be in a vehicle being attacked, since, it's just a ride that delivers a person and just goes off to serve another rider.

In any case, using a occurring type of event to try to derail usage of autonomous vehicles, is actually repressive.

Last sentence should read:

In any case, using a SELDOM occurring type of event to try to derail usage of autonomous vehicles, is actually repressive.

I'm not trying to control the argument, but I am winning it. You are posting quite a bit in favor of autonomous vehicles, which leads me to believe you may work in the industry supporting the spread of them. I have a liberal brother-in-law that similarly pushed on acceptance of all-electric vehicles. I got tired of his pronouncements that all cars on the road would be electric vehicles within 5 years, that I bet him $100 that he would be wrong. That was in 2009, and he welshed on the bet in 2014; very few electric vehicles were on the road, and they still aren't to this day. You may wish that all vehicles 20 years from now will be autonomous, but that is a pipe dream for now. There will be a lot of pushback. I will be one of them, owning several vintage vehicles that I still drive on the road and intend to do so until I die.

As for precarious situations, yes I've been in them. I grew up poor and used to play in the projects with friends. I have had guns pulled on me, put in my face, as well as knives. I've been beaten, and robbed. Bad characters are not going to play nice with you just because you say so, or roll up your car windows and have a camera recording them. Some of them are nasty crazy. Knowing that, I own guns and use situational awareness to protect me and my family. I realize you can't always protect yourself.

My father's best friend was attacked by several black men at a bus stop near our house, they doused him with gasoline and set him afire. He survived with skin grafts but lost use of an arm. My grandfather was jumped by several blacks, but he beat them off; they didn't realize he had martial arts training. I learned from him to be aware of dangerous situations. Don't think an autonomous car is going to save you by calling the cops; don't put your self in a bad situation. That's why I won't be using an autonomous car.

That a vehicle is catching all the action, is a good thing.

By the way, I have dash cameras recording everything in my vehicle, both ahead and behind. I know it won't protect me from harm, although it will be useful in court. Good to know the difference.