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   From: winstonmvp@gmail.com   
      
   Charlie Gibbs wrote on 12/16/2025 5:42 PM:   
   >   
   > On the other hand, I once read a science fiction story where the   
   > protagonist's self-driving car pulled off to the side of the road,   
   > locked the doors, and refused to let him move until he bought   
   > whatever was being advertised on the radio.  (Fortunately for   
   > him a friend passing by saw his predicament and rescued him.)   
   >   
      
   Car Wars by C. Doctorow ?   
      
   ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ   
      
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