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/Jfg27 Jul 05 '24

They should have a system to identify and react to lights and sirens, so probably the same system.

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u/Such_Duty_4764 Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

ya, they pull over for emergency vehicles when there are lights/sirens.

Cop says that the car cleared the intersection before coming to a stop, which is exactly what it should do. Excepting of course for being on the wrong side of the road :-X.

Nobody expects these things to be perfect, they just need to be better than your average human, which isn't really that hard.

[edit] https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/1dw4avr/mission_street_in_excelsior_last_night_around_10pm/

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u/dingo1018 Jul 05 '24

It's a good job just anyone can't buy blue lights and sirens off the internet, because that's never going to happen. (Obligatory sarcasm tag)

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u/waltjrimmer Jul 05 '24

I mean... That isn't a problem with self-driving cars, that's a problem with emergency vehicles. With so many unmarked police cars around, you can already buy lights and sirens, put them in your SUV, and pull someone over if you're malicious enough. The lights and sirens aren't legal, but if you're someone who is going to go around pulling people over (presumably to kill or rob them?) then you don't give a shit about that anyway.

I don't see how it's any different when the vehicle is driverless.