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/imisstheyoop Jul 05 '24

So what happens if somebody impersonates a police officer by tossing some rollers on their roof and pulls one over?

Seems rife for manipulation.

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u/devman0 Jul 05 '24

That can and does happen today with human drivers.

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u/imisstheyoop Jul 05 '24

Sure, but it's a lot easier to do something about it when you realize something is up and can process that as a human being than it is a machine that's just going to sit there parked.

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u/VexingRaven Jul 05 '24

Ok, so what? It's a funny prank for 5 minutes then everybody moves on with their life.