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Comment by JoeAltmaier | Hacker News Reader

So many obstacles to this working! Vandalism, no adult supervision, even the extremely goofy design point that it can go forward or backward - both ends can be the front end - so others in traffic can be completely fooled about where its going next. Let's put our kids in a problematic tin can and make it move erratically! Not a genius idea.

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You say that like those are impossible obstacles. It's been a while since I rode a school bus, but the driver wasn't exactly adult supervision, and there was plenty of vandalism already. If anything, a self-driving school bus would be a positive as it would then allow the former driver to actually focus on the kids.

Not sure I agree with the idea that others could be fooled by where it's going in traffic, given that it's programmed to obey traffic laws.

I didn't mean to imply 'impossible'.

Adult supervision for extraordinary events (fire, collision, sick kid) is very feasible on an ordinary bus. We're not talking singing songs around the campfire, but a baseline of a responsible adult is very important.

Bawawahahaha.

1) bullying

2) assault - especially sexual assault

3) harassment

It is always highly amusing when Silly Valley engineers pontificate on life outside their engineering bubble. The idea of the self driving adult free school bus is brought to you by the same people who brought you Juicero and Bodega.

Sounds like another opportunity: automated adult supervision.

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