Screenshot of viral video on TikTok showing
driverless car Passengers react to the police officer’s instructions.
TikTok/@johnnyromano3
- Video of driverless cars reacting to the police was created nearly 14 million views on TikTok.
- In the video, a road Passengers could be heard telling police that there was no driver.
- A company spokesperson said the vehicle responded to police instructions within 90 seconds.
A video of a driverless car reacting to a police officer is going viral on TikTok.
In the TikTok video, which has garnered nearly 14 million views, a police officer can be seen trying to guide a driverless Waymo to the side of the road. Meanwhile, passengers can be heard trying to explain to the smiling police officer that no one was behind the wheel.
“Sir, we can’t move,” TikTok user @johnnyromano3 said in the video. “We’re sorry. This car doesn’t allow us to move. We don’t drive.”
Johnny Romano tells Insider it’s his first time participating self-driving car and he was really impressed by the way the car handled itself. The incident took place on April 16 in Phoenix, Arizona, Romano and Waymo confirmed.
Romano said the car had encountered the procession and a police officer before and tried to avoid it by going around the block, but ended up turning ahead of the parade instead of going far. The car came to a halt when the officer asked it to get out of the way for another oncoming vehicle.
“It knows how to react and is basically trying to avoid the parade,” Romano said. “When he met the second officer, he realized he needed to turn around.”
Romano said the officer was not upset with him because it was clear the car was unmanned. He said he received a call from Waymo support when the problem occurred and the caller remained on hold until he was transported to his final destination.
A Waymo spokesperson told Insider that the company is using advanced machine learning to teach vehicles how to respond to hand signals and building signs.
“In this particular case, the Waymo vehicle pulled over as desired, then performed a multi-point turn and successfully moved out of the blocked lane within 90 seconds of the collision,” the spokesperson said. work with the police”.
road debut for the first time its self-driving car service in downtown Phoenix in 2018. People can use an app to call for a ride and ask for a ride to take them to a location in the city.
Romano’s story is not the first case where police have learned to deal with driverless cars. Earlier this month, the San Francisco Police pull over a Cruise unmanned taxi without its headlights on.
