[vamin]

They will pull over.

[devy]

Another attack surface for self-driving cars

[adrianN]

Human drivers also pull over when people who look like the police ask them to.

[bryanlarsen]

Sure, if you're willing to risk going to jail for impersonating a law enforcement officer.

[dsnuh]

That was my line of thinking.

[gaius]

Have any of the major vendors documented this? Otherwise, citation needed.

[vamin]

"By working with the police department in Chandler, AZ, for example, Waymo has been able to train its cars to yield, pull over, or stop when it hears or sees sirens." [1]

[1] https://www.recode.net/2017/10/15/16472896/alphabet-waymo-se...

[dsnuh]

By what mechanism though? I could see a big griefing opportunity if there is some automated system that allows law enforcement to signal the vehicle to pull over.

[the-pigeon]

Actually that's kinda interesting.

Instead of recognizing the lights or something you could create a communication of some sort where the officer's vehicle provides a key that the car can then authenticate that it's a real police officer making the pull over request.

Heck you could even check with a police department system that the officer is on duty and in that area so a stolen police car or key couldn't be used.

[vntok]

Check out waymo's videos; the car detects the flashing lights + reflective fabric on the police officer's uniform, as well as the shoulder and arm gestures. Griefing is as much an issue as is police impersonation right now, that is a very rare occurence that will be punished very severely when occurring.

[onemoresoop]

And who will get the tickets? The car? The passengers? The manufacturer?

[jtbayly]

One would hope! lol. But seriously, how do you know this? Just curious.