Google self-driving vehicle pulled over by cops

[AF-Roger]

Autonomous self-driving vehicles are being looked by many people and car companies as the future of safe transport. But a recent incident showed that even autonomous vehicles aren’t immune from traffic stops.

It was revealed last Thursday that one of Google’s self-driving car was pulled over in the company’s hometown of Mountain View, California because apparently it was driving too slowly.

According to the Mountain View Police Department (MVPD), they observed traffic backing up behind the peculiar-looking prototype vehicle, which was traveling at 24 mph in a 35 mph zone, about two miles from Google’s headquarters. The police also said that the Google car in the photo was self-driving legally on the street which was identified as El Camino Real – a 35 mph zone.

Read more Cops pulls over Google self-driving car for traffic violation, but who gets the ticket?

 

[azgold]

Hilarious!

Question: Where would a driverless car be going under normal circumstances? Delivering stuff? Picking somebody up?

 

[Dr. Forum]

Autonomous self-driving vehicles are being looked by many people and car companies as the future of safe transport. But a recent incident showed that even autonomous vehicles aren’t immune from traffic stops.

It was revealed last Thursday that one of Google’s self-driving car was pulled over in the company’s hometown of Mountain View, California because apparently it was driving too slowly.

According to the Mountain View Police Department (MVPD), they observed traffic backing up behind the peculiar-looking prototype vehicle, which was traveling at 24 mph in a 35 mph zone, about two miles from Google’s headquarters. The police also said that the Google car in the photo was self-driving legally on the street which was identified as El Camino Real – a 35 mph zone.

Read more Cops pulls over Google self-driving car for traffic violation, but who gets the ticket?

It was a nice move. People need to know that these is just a vehicle that works using a computerized system. The car I guess may have broken a few traffic rules and it is for this reason that they cop was stopping it. Google has been testing the car just to make sure that it meets the needs and works well in the perfect traffic situation. The car probably was going at a slower speed compared to what the lane is meant for and it is the reason it was stopped. Google therefore have learned that the car need to be responsive to lanes speed limit.

 

[azgold]

I'd like to know how the car knew to pull over for the officer.