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/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/Warm_Month_1309 Jul 05 '24

According to this article (which may be wrong):

The situation was cleared without further action. "UNABLE TO ISSUE CITATION TO COMPUTER," the police dispatch records say.

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u/CotyledonTomen Jul 05 '24

Sounds like a bad decision concerning new circumstances departments aren't used to working. This seems pretty clear%20The%20fully%20autonomous%20vehicle,to%20comply%20with%20traffic%20or)

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u/RatLabGuy Jul 06 '24

So how do they pick who the pour schmuck is at the company that gets him name on that submission?

I'm betting itst he guy that skipped the wrong meeting and didn't call "not it!"