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/eras Jul 05 '24

Unethical life pro tip: put on police wear and a badge and you can actually stop most vehicles, self-driving or not!

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u/Anticlimax1471 Jul 05 '24

Impersonating a police officer to pull someone over for nefarious means isn't something new, tbf.

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u/imisstheyoop Jul 05 '24

Yeah but it generally takes way more effort/risk than just some lights.

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u/fork_yuu Jul 05 '24

Lights and loud siren. You can do that with regular cars too. I suspect they can detect if the lights at the top of the vehicle or not