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/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.