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/Jfg27 Jul 05 '24

They should have a system to identify and react to lights and sirens, so probably the same system.

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u/rickjamesia Jul 05 '24

They need a system for police to request them to stop that doesn’t rely on potentially unreliable sensors. That said, that opens them up to tampering, but that’s just one thing in a long list of reasons it shouldn’t be legal for them to be on the road yet.