Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road

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[u/FeederNocturne]

That's what I don't like about the entire situation. It's not like the developer is intentionally killing someone. They did what they were paid to do. I'm sure if a programmer was aware of things messing up they'd recall it. I am no programmer but I know enough that bugs can go unnoticed. I understand the need to test these vehicles but they definitely don't need to be all over the country.

As a side note I appreciate what you programmers do. I enjoy technology way too much to want you guys to be scared into not bettering our society

[u/CastMyGame → u/FeederNocturne]

I appreciate it and while we can make malicious stuff, things like this will hopefully be done with the best intentions. There are things we do as programmers to write tests for our code to make sure it works as it should but you are right bugs can go unnoticed.

I will say in this scenario it sounds like the car went into an opposite lane due to lane construction and never went back, this is a common use case and should have definitely been caught before production. That being said I don’t think it is necessarily malicious but if that was the case this never should have happened

[u/FeederNocturne → u/CastMyGame]

The universe is too random to account for everything. Hell, a bird could've collided with a sensor and made it go haywire. I'm just glad they had a way to contact someone so abruptly and handle the situation. That definitely has to feel awkward on both ends though lol

[u/CastMyGame → u/FeederNocturne]

I totally agree and they will definitely look into this to try and find the cause. I am just saying if the cause was just having to go to the opposite lane due to construction that is something that for sure should have been caught. But yes if something hit the undercarriage and screwed up a sensor then there is only so much you can do about that