Can good design stop content creators from having sex in robotaxis?

Autonomous vehicle designers have to worry about riders getting frisky in public.

The short version

• “The interiors of vehicles has been sexualized and appropriated for sex since forever in popular culture.
• One difference between a robotaxi and a human-driven ride is the removal of the social obligation to interact with a human driver.
• There’s no need to make small talk, and you won’t have to listen to someone’s terrible opinion, which can lead to riders assuming far more privacy than the cameras and ridership terms and conditions provide.

What happened

That’s a lesson that a pair of teens who hired a Waymo, spent their ride getting drunk, and shot gel beads out the windows learned the hard way this summer. “You may be driving by yourself, but that’s not your classic private environment,” Rouchitsas said.

Why it matters

Depending on the country, you might not even have the entire robotaxi to yourself.

Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Ars Technica via the links above and below.