Driverless car starts to pull away after being stopped by police -viral video

[Still Waters]

A video which has gone viral shows a driverless car start to pull away after being stopped by police, at least initially - raising questions about how authorities can handle autonomous vehicles.

The car, owned and operated by a company called Cruise in San Francisco, is based on a Chevy Bolt chassis - although the company plans to launch a completely original vehicle soon.

After police pull over the car - for potentially not having its lights on, the video shows an officer walking up to the car door - appearing to be surprised to discover it has no driver - and then unsuccessfully attempting to open it.

After failing, he begins to walk back to his car, but the autonomous Cruise vehicle - which is allowed to drive at night in the city - zooms off in what initially looks like a getaway attempt.

https://news.sky.com/story/driverless-car-starts-to-pull-away-after-being-stopped-by-police-12588083

[+and-then]

Yep... autonomous machines are going to take some getting used to.  It will likely open a whole new field of legal precedent.

[jethrofloyd]

It wasn't a driverless car. The ghost was driving that car! Mods switch this to the 'Ghosts, Hauntings and The Paranormal' secton. And let the Papageorge analyze this.

[Guest Xetan]

Somebody has to make one of these things look like a Plymouth Fury...

[+and-then]

2 hours ago, Xetan said:

Somebody has to make one of these things look like a Plymouth Fury...

That's one of the few early Stephen King books I never read.  It wouldn't surprise me if someday someone hacked a driverless vehicle to wreak havoc and mayhem on the public  

[pallidin]

(CCN) In further news it was revealed that the police officer involved was actually a RoboCop.

[Audio Imagez]

The police have to call customer support during traffic stops. I can see police on AV violence in the near future.

[Dreamer screamer]

How much revenue does this lose for the private police corporations?

[Freez1]

It needs like a Max Headroom dummy behind the wheel

[Golden Duck]

On 4/12/2022 at 7:02 AM, and then said:

That's one of the few early Stephen King books I never read.  It wouldn't surprise me if someday someone hacked a driverless vehicle to wreak havoc and mayhem on the public  

Somewhat related, The Car was Steven Spielberg's first movie.

Edited April 13, 2022 by Golden Duck