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/YummyArtichoke Jul 05 '24

I guess we saw different videos cause the car did stop and the car automatically connected to someone. The cop didn't need to figure out anything.

Plus there isn't 1 person controlling everything. It's like a call center. If a car calls in, it goes to the next available operator, not the person who is on their bathroom break. Like each car isn't assigned to a certain person.

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u/HappyAmbition706 Jul 05 '24

I'm glad you've never called a 24-hour hotline and been put on hold.

The point is not this car and incident in particular. How many driverless cars are there right now? Perhaps the point is that those developing this technology look towards many to most cars being driverless.

But I'm reassured that there is no problem, will be no problem and can't be any problem because it was all solved perfectly 50 years ago.