Self Driving Car Surprises The Police When Pulled Over To Be Given A Fine.

"After 1.2 million miles of autonomous driving... we’re proud to say we’ve never been ticketed!”

 

A cop close to Google's Mountain View, California, headquarters pulled over a vehicle on Thursday for driving too slow, and was shocked to find that there was no driver present.

 

This scene with Google's trial, self-driving vehicle highlights exactly how niggling it is for society to grasp an innovation that could be the greatest advancement in transportation since the car itself.

 

The Mountain View Police Department reports an officer saw the vehicle traveling at 24 mph in a 35 mph zone and decided to pursue. 

 

An announcement from the department laid out the occasions: "The officer stopped the car and made contact with the operators to learn more about how the car was choosing speeds along certain roadways and to educate the operators about impeding traffic per 22400(a) of the California Vehicle Code. The Google self-driving cars operate under the Neighbourhood Electric Vehicle Definition per 385.5 of the California Vehicle Code and can only be operated on roadways with speed limits at or under 35 mph. In this case, it was lawful for the car to be traveling on the street as El Camino Real is rated at 35 mph."

 

As per 22400(a) of the California Vehicle Code, "No person shall drive upon a highway at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, unless the reduced speed is necessary for safe operation, because of a grade, or in compliance with law." 

Then again, for this situation, the Google car was consistent to another law.

 

The Neighbourhood Electric Vehicle Definition order referred above means the law sees these vehicles differently to normal cars. They are liable to an alternate arrangement of principles, including the regulation that denies them from running on roads with speed limits higher than 35mph.

 

Subsequently, the car conferred no infringement, and the police officer, accordingly, did not “fine the vehicle”. Be that as it may, the officer did issue a warning for obstructing traffic, as the speed was clearly hindering the flow of traffic. 

 

In an announcement made last week on the organization's Google+ page, Google expressed that it was intended to cap the speed of their vehicles.

 

"We’ve capped the speed of our prototype vehicles at 25 mph for safety reasons. We want them to feel friendly and approachable, rather than zooming scarily through neighbourhood streets."

"After 1.2 million miles of autonomous driving (that’s the human equivalent of 90 years of driving experience), we’re proud to say we’ve never been ticketed!"

 

Google's self-driving cars are connected to human drivers who are able to assist should the vehicle get pulled over.