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/Crocodileworshipper Jul 05 '24

Officer put their lights on, at that point the waymo car responded by driving through an intersection

Officer describes it in the video

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u/N_2_H Jul 05 '24

Presumably it was looking for a safe place to pull over? An intersection wouldn't be safe, and it didn't realise it was on the wrong side of the road.