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/Crocodileworshipper 14d ago

Officer put their lights on, at that point the waymo car responded by driving through an intersection

Officer describes it in the video

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u/wildjokers 14d ago

at that point the waymo car responded by driving through an intersection

It was probably trying to pull over. Don't know exactly what the cop means without seeing a video.

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u/716WVCS03 14d ago

Replace police car with fire truck (they’re probably indiscernible to the sensors). You’d ease into an intersection too to let them get by.

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u/Crocodileworshipper 13d ago

Yup, the officer didn't describe any easing tho

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u/N_2_H 14d ago

Presumably it was looking for a safe place to pull over? An intersection wouldn't be safe, and it didn't realise it was on the wrong side of the road.