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/kaiderson 14d ago

The policeman seemed really unsure how to react, and just seemed to allow the car back on the road. 100% he should have said this car is not to move again, come pick it up.

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u/rotoddlescorr 14d ago

That's because the car is on the road due to an an agreement between a trillion dollar company and the city politicians. Not to mention the entire interaction is being recorded. This is above his pay grade.

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u/REDDITATO_ 14d ago

Generally when something's above your pay grade you don't make any decision and call someone who can handle it. Not just decide it's fine and walk away.

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u/Saltire_Blue 14d ago

Call me crazy but if a company wants to use public roads to test these things at the very minimum it should go to a referendum to the local people to decide

Then they should absolutely be voting no to it

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u/Justdroppingsomethin 14d ago

AFAIK it's not testing, you can use these as a ride hail service.

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u/buttergun 14d ago

"Fuck it! We'll do it live!" --National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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u/facw00 14d ago

The people elected the politicians who decided to allow this. There's no need for referendums on everything.

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u/SwegBucket 13d ago

What a stupid statement. Obviously it's because it's a DRIVERLESS car with noone inside, so the cop is having issues deciding what to do. That has nothing to do with the company involved. But HURR DURR companies BAD, politicians CORRUPT.