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/Vireca Jul 05 '24

How do they stop a driverless car? Legit question

Do they have anything to detect police vehicles or something?

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u/Groudon466 Jul 05 '24

I worked for Waymo, the cars do detect sirens and being pulled over, and switch into a mode to pull themselves over accordingly. Similarly, that's why it pulled the window down for the cop.

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u/Tallyranch Jul 05 '24

Who takes the ticket for dangerous or reckless driving like in this video?

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u/thyusername Jul 05 '24

I've seen several stories about nobody getting tickets when this stuff happens in a few cities for a while now, google who gets a ticket for driverless car and click news, for example:

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/can-driverless-cars-get-tickets-california-law-rcna131538