Using Virtual Spike Strips To Stop Errant AI Autonomous Cars

Dr. Lance Eliot, AI Insider

In many parking lots where you need to pay to get into the parking area, the exits often have a series of metal spikes that are pointed toward any cars that might be tempted to sneak into the lot. That small strip of spikes is enough to likely puncture the tires of any trespassing car that has a driver intent on avoiding paying any fees to use the parking lot. Cars that are properly exiting the parking lot are able to readily rollover the spikes since the spikes are angled away from that direction and usually on a spring action, so they suppress under the pressure of the car tires and the weight of the car.

There’s another use for these metal teeth.

Here in Southern California, we are somewhat known as the capital of car chases for the United States.

The police usually catch the driver of the car that’s leading the chase, but this fact doesn’t seem to overly discourage people from launching into a car chase. .

You might be aware that there is controversy about whether or not the police should even undertake such chases. A wild car chase through populated areas can be highly dangerous for everyone involved. The person that’s being sought is often a desperate driver, willing to ram other cars, hit pedestrians…