Originally Posted by
cooker
I don't get the reason for an autonomous car service to plant a bad mannered person in a vehicle. Also having security riding in driverless vehicles would defeat the purpose of going driverless, which is mainly economic.
You said that people look to transit operators for security. My point is that security will get more creative with autonomous vehicles.
Look at self-checkout lines at stores. There is one attendant for six checkout stations. That reduces personnel costs but it doesn't eliminate jobs. People can do other things besides man a station or operate a vehicle or other machine.