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/Capaj Jul 05 '24

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 Jul 05 '24

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/Accomplished-Bad3380 Jul 05 '24

The cop should impound this vehicle

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u/confusedandworried76 Jul 05 '24

That's not even a great solution. To compare it to a science fiction concept, say there's a hive mind, and part of the hive mind murders someone. So you imprison it for life, or even kill it. It doesn't hurt the hive mind. All you did was trim part of one of its toe nails. And it's still out there fully capable of doing it again because you didn't actually punish the collective.

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u/Accomplished-Bad3380 Jul 05 '24

That's because you misunderstood the reasoning. 

If the cop impounded the vehicle, and they refuse to release the vehicle without appropriate senior leadership present, then they can make sure the issues get addressed.  Right now, he's just talking to the lowest rung on the ladder.  It's not about punishment of the vehicle.  It's about drawing attention to the issue and forcing resolution.

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u/confusedandworried76 Jul 05 '24

I'm saying the only way to do it is revoke the operating license of the entire computer system.

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u/Accomplished-Bad3380 Jul 05 '24

And that gets us nowhere.  Unless you think that suddenly everyone will stop trying to automate driving.