Comment on Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 month agoIt’s not too big of a leap to imagine a world where a person could immobilize a car at a red light with the plug cut off from a public charger. Wall up to a stopped car, open the hatch (maybe it needs a pry bar) and put the dummy plug in.
Sounds like a lot of hassle. If they want to immoblise a self driving car they just stand in front of it.
Why carry a plug cut off from a public charger when you can just stab the tyres?
Use the pry bar to smash the window and open the door. Not open the charging port.
Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
It’s about hitting electric cars, self driving or otherwise.
Cars can still move with punctured tires, at least far enough that a would-be robber or carjacker could get dragged a good distance.
You smash the window and open the door. Now the panicked driver is speeding away, leaving you high and dry or dragging you along.
Being able to completely immobilize a vehicle while keeping it intact is a criminal’s wet dream. It’s incumbent on car manufacturers to consider that while implementing safety features.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s been a reality for over a decade.
wired.com/…/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
My point is that plugging in a charging cable is way down the list of attacker tools.
Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
Sure, but it’s on the list.
If it saves even one human life it’s worth switching to an alarm instead of immobilization, even if that means hundreds of breakaway cables get snapped by morons driving away from chargers.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What if hundreds of lives are lost due to broken cables snapped by morons driving away from chargers?