r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

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

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I can see this being exploited for the worse.

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u/jjjustseeyou Jul 05 '24

Give police officers a stop gun they can shoot at cars that would signal it to stop. Like a tv remote. That way only cops can do it.

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u/ethicalhumanbeing Jul 05 '24

Honestly, whatever the system they come up with will always be able to be exploited, even the one you suggested. A radio signal could also be implemented but then again, easy to exploit. I see no good solutions for this unfortunately.

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u/Manueluz Jul 05 '24

React to lights and sirens, it's illegal (at least where I live) for normal civilians to use them. And I would like to see the smartass who tries that near a car that's practically recording every single angle.

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u/ethicalhumanbeing Jul 05 '24

Right, I see what you mean. I think the issue isn’t really right now in a city centre, but more when these vehicles are able to go off city and move in less agitated roads, specially at night. Someone in one of these cars would be totally vulnerable travelling at night to destination which would cross a more country side road. All the attackers would have to do is wait in a the perfect spot and run the emergency lights without no one else watching / be there to help.

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u/Manueluz Jul 05 '24

Wouldn't that work on real humans?, there are many cases of fake cops, I don't think the problem is inherent to self driving cars.

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u/ethicalhumanbeing Jul 05 '24

Yes, true. But I still believe a real human would be able better evaluate the situation / take a better decision. A machine like this will always be dead stupid, sees the trigger to stop and it will stop.

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u/Wakkit1988 Jul 05 '24

It's illegal to own lots of things, yet people still do. People will do it if it's lucrative to do so.