Ford wants to patent a driverless police car that ambushes lawbreakers using artificial intelligence

Imagine a police car that issues tickets without even pulling you over. What if the same car could use artificial intelligence to find good hiding spots to catch traffic violators and identify drivers by scanning license plates, tapping into surveillance cameras and wirelessly accessing government records? What if a police officer tapping on your car window asking for your license and registration became a relic of transportation's past? The details may sound far-fetched, as if they belong in the science-fiction action flick "Demolition Man" or a new dystopian novel inspired by Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World," but these scenarios are grounded in a potential reality. They come from a patent developed by Ford and being reviewed by the U.S. government to create autonomous police cars.