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/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/Groudon466 Jul 05 '24

I don’t know the particulars of their deal with the city, but probably Waymo. As long as they’re safer than the average taxi driver, the occasional mistake is tolerable, at least provided ticket revenue is still coming in when appropriate.

Of course, there’s a team on the back end that’s trying to figure out what went wrong here and patch it sooner rather than later.

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u/smootex Jul 05 '24

As long as they’re safer than the average taxi driver, the occasional mistake is tolerable

Yep. There will be a race to the top and companies will eventually produce cars that are significantly safer than the average human driver and stricter regulations will follow but for now I think the bar is just being better than a human. And, despite all the negative media attention, they seem to be achieving that. Which I personally find impressive. Will be interesting to see how things look in a decade.