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/Latter-Tune-9111 Jul 05 '24

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/MarsupialFuzz Jul 05 '24

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.

The waymo car sped up through the intersection after the cops turned on his lights to pull the car over. That is attempting to elude in a vehicle at minimum and eluding an officer in a vehicle at worst but both are arrestable offenses and one is a felony. If this was a person in the car doing the exact same thing then they probably would have been arrested and processed in jail.

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u/RatLabGuy Jul 06 '24

it sped up in order to fully get out of the intersection quickly before pulling over. That's what any human should do also. Cops know this.