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Waymo should provide a loaded shotgun in every car. It's America, after all.
/s
Make it AI controlled for good measure
Russian roulette cab ride
Maybe that could spark a nice tradition of the one sitting besides the drivers seat calling 'shotgun'.
... O wait
SAAB tried to corner the US market in the '80s and '90s by giving away a shoulder mounted anti tank rocket with each purchase of a car, but their legal team said "that's not an appropriate way to deal with road rage."
Huh, sounds like their legal department was from Europe?
They should have little nozzles to disperse a cloud of pepper spray around the vehicle in emergencies.
I had this thought too. Probably unrealistic because of all the ways that can go horribly wrong, but somehow that solution seems easier than convincing a certain subset of men to behave themselves.