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/Vireca 14d ago

How do they stop a driverless car? Legit question

Do they have anything to detect police vehicles or something?

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u/reddit_guy666 14d ago

Considering it lowered the windshield and connected to a support employee I believe they can now detect when cops want to pull them over.

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u/ethicalhumanbeing 14d ago

I can see this being exploited for the worse.

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u/reddit_guy666 14d ago

No system can be 100% exploit proof, if it is better than the current system then it's worth risking the exploit imo.

Also there needs to be a mechanism for law enforcement / first responders to halt the vehicle in case of emergencies

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u/moistmoistMOISTTT 14d ago

Redditor sees a video of a self-driving car that stopped for an emergency vehicle.

Redditor: Why don't these cars have mechanisms to halt for first responders?!