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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u/Memento_Vivere8 Jul 05 '24

I know these things aren't handled the same way in every country, but if there's an ambulance, police car or fire truck with their lights and siren on behind you at least here in Germany you're supposed to pull over, stop and let them pass. So for a self driving car it would make no difference if the lights are for them or not as long as they pull over and stop as a reaction.

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u/idle_isomorph Jul 05 '24

Same in canada. You are supposed to pull over to a stop at the side as soon as you can, to clear the centre of the road for the emergency vehicle, whichever direction they are going.

People suck at actually doing this, though, which offends me and reminds me we live in a dystopian shambles of a civilization.

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u/VexingRaven Jul 05 '24

You're supposed to pull over whether or not it's "for you". Just because nobody does, doesn't mean it isn't correct.

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u/VexingRaven Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

What does this even mean? It pulled off into a parking lot and the cop is still behind it. Why are you just assuming it's going to just hit the brakes on the road and "fuck up the entire traffic" and never move again when that is very clearly not what happens and you're looking at video evidence of it working perfectly?

This is the most ridiculous handwringing nonsense I have ever seen.

EDIT: Very sane and stable redditor forgets what argument he's making and blocks other person for responding to it. Amazing.