Ford's driverless cop car raises privacy concerns

If Ford has its way, a robot could write your speeding ticket in the very near future. The firm recently filed a patent for an autonomous'Robocop' car that can catch speeding drivers by hiding behind trees and buildings. Now, the patent has provoked the ire of both law enforcement and autonomy experts who say the conceptual cop car could raise privacy issues, as well as concerns about abuse of power, among other criticisms. Still, advocates for the technology argue that the driverless police car could actually end up reducing cases of racial bias and improve efficiency in police forces. Ford has filed a patent for an autonomous police car that can catch speeding drivers by hiding behind trees .