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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Rethinking Strategy on Self-Driving Cars by TillE on Saturday September 10, 2016 @07:47AM (#12468753)
This isn't a difficult problem. You give your car-calling app a "reject" button, which will send the car back to a central location for cleaning, and send you a new car.
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Re:Apple Is Said to Be Rethinking Strategy on Self-Driving Cars by jessaustin on Saturday September 10, 2016 @10:11AM (#12469279)
Yes, and before the cleaner starts, a picture is taken, that generates a $100 charge to the previous customer for every separate bit of garbage.

A slightly customer-friendlier option would be to take the picture every time the car is vacated, and then clean (and charge) when the detritus reaches a certain level. After all it wouldn't be right to penalize people who are simply in too much of a hurry to care about previous travelers' candy wrappers.

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