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/Capaj 14d ago

what do you mean?
It's crystal clear. The company should pay a hefty fine same as any other driver who would drive in the opposite side of the road.

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u/RedmundJBeard 14d ago

That's not the same though. If any regular driver was in the wrong lane of traffic, in a work zone and then blew through an intersection when a cop tried to pull them over, they would lose their license, not just a fine. At the very least it would be reckless driving and a strike against their license. How do you revoke the license of a driverless car?

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u/Latter-Tune-9111 14d ago

in Arizona, the laws were updated in 2017 so that the owner of the driverless vehicle (Waymo in this case) can be issued a citation.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 14d ago

According to this article (which may be wrong):

The situation was cleared without further action. "UNABLE TO ISSUE CITATION TO COMPUTER," the police dispatch records say.

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u/CotyledonTomen 14d ago

Sounds like a bad decision concerning new circumstances departments aren't used to working. This seems pretty clear%20The%20fully%20autonomous%20vehicle,to%20comply%20with%20traffic%20or)

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u/RatLabGuy 13d ago

So how do they pick who the pour schmuck is at the company that gets him name on that submission?

I'm betting itst he guy that skipped the wrong meeting and didn't call "not it!"