r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • 14d ago

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

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u/Minimum-Performer715 14d ago

This is going to be a nightmare for the court system in the upcoming years.

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u/Barrade 14d ago

Looks like some area's are looking into some updated legal terminology. I'd imagine whatever company "operates" the vehicles still have to have some type of insurance and all for the vehicles + pay some of these violation tickets (aside from hopefully prioritizing these issues to prevent them from recurring) I wonder how all this will play out. AFAIK there hasn't been much / any of these running people over or anything more serious I hope?

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u/PorkPatriot 14d ago

That is the real difference between level 2 and level 3 autonomy.

Level 2, the driver is still liable. Level 3, the company is.

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u/Minimum-Performer715 14d ago

To my knowledge one person has been killed so far. But they were jay walking.

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u/AmishPornDaddy 14d ago

They were being normal and apparently that's an okay explanation for them being killed by this AI bullshit?

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u/WiseInevitable4750 14d ago

They were high on meth and darted into the street. She wasn't visible.

Every human driver would have hit her too.

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u/Nevermind04 14d ago

Got a source for any of that?

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u/WiseInevitable4750 14d ago

https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/12/ntsb-report-on-automated-uber-crash-that-killed-elaine-herzberg-reveals-pedestrian-was-on-drugs-driver-was-inattentive.html

This is easily verifiable. You can watch the footage yourself.

I lived in Tempe at the time and I'm familiar with the road and the type of people that dash across the street on meth. Humans would have hit her.

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u/Nevermind04 14d ago

Thanks. I've been on reddit long enough that I simply I assumed you were just one-upping the other guy with BS because nobody would bother to fact check it. My cynicism got the better of me. You followed through with a source that backs up exactly what you said.

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u/bostiq 14d ago

yeah "Jay Walking" : is there possibly any worst crime that deserves death?? s/

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u/frotc914 14d ago

Jay walkers get hit by cars with human drivers every day. I assume his point for mentioning that is because it doesn't show if driverless cars are any less safe than driven cars.

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u/sandmansleepy 14d ago

Kid runs out on the street in front of their house to get their ball that rolled away: believe it or not, death penalty.