When this stuff happens, my main question is what options do riders have to be safe? Like, is there an emergency exit option? Can riders take over the car in certain circumstances? If harassment like this happens, can the police be contacted via the car (kinda like Audi does with their cars)?

It went viral when it happened, so there are a ton of sources:

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

www.latimes.com/california/s...

sfstandard.com/2024/10/01/v...

abc7news.com/amp/post/way...

www.yahoo.com/news/women-h...

Did my best to give a range of news sites. YT has the OG vid, too.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk 😝

And for my spiciest take:

- If you don’t vote, you don’t get access to ANYTHING that receives federal and/or state funding until you cast your next vote, w/ the exception of orgs that meet basic human needs (food banks, shelters, hospitals, etc.) Exceptions = college, pregnancy, deployment, etc.

- It should be a felony if voting is denied or inaccessible to an eligible citizen, regardless of registration status. Meaning: no voting location can be inaccessible to the handicapped, no eligible voter can be turned away, no vote can go uncounted if dropped off w/in the allotted time frame.

- It should be federal law that all participating voters receive hard copies of their vote BEFORE turning it in, for their own records.
- Voting machines should be made by an apolitical, federally-funded agency that isn’t under the jurisdiction of any branch of government.

- It should be federal law that all participating voters receive hard copies of their vote BEFORE turning it in, for their own records.
- Voting machines should be made by an apolitical, federally-funded agency that isn’t under the jurisdiction of any branch of government.

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