This involves automatically pulling over and stopping the vehicle when a cop is behind the car and flashes their lights. The vehicle will also roll down its windows so the cops can access the interior of the vehicle and have easy access to passengers.
This also links in rider support automatically to communicate directly to law enforcement / rider support can also provide various commands to vehicle then.
They can also open a door, which triggers a an autonomos driving cutout. They can also contact these folks directly to gain access (ie, remote unlock etc).
To retrofit your vehicle so that law enforcement has this type of direct access may take some effort, but I doubt you'd have much objection - there currently is a real issue with drive offs and law enforcements ability to respond to those under vehicle chase rules. If you can set up your vehicle to override your drive-off efforts that will probably be welcomed, especially if it pulls over, stops, can unlock doors to provide LEO access to your person etc.
Separately, rider support can give permission for a vehicle search as the owner of the vehicle, so you'd want to register vehicle with a service that would give consent automatically and then provide instructions on where to find registration and insurance in vehicle. Waymo I beleive does it on the visors.
I'm not sure you fully grasp the implications of Law Enforcement Interaction Protocol efforts. In the future, the car may be able to drive you to a "safe" location for a car search and your arrest.
Which should be codified into law based on police requirements with an eye as to what is legal.
Police procedures should not be developed by way of an agreement between the state and a private company, who is in a position to error on the side of cooperation because they need a license. It is similar to the state granting a locksmith a license to practice under the condition that law enforcement be provided with copies to every key just in case they need them.
There are some serious Fourth Amendment considerations when traveling in a vehicle for hire without a driver. Is a Waymo closer to a private automobile with implied consent, or is it similar to a bus where you can deny consent to a search? Is the provider (or virtual driver) in a position to consent to a search of your property? Is the virtual assistant that opened the doors and consented to a search now in a position to be charged with transporting narcotics for distrubtion? Who's license gets dinged if the passenger has no seatbelt?
The current setup is that Waymo owns and operates the vehicles, and they have protocols to cooperate pretty extensively with law enforcement.
In other words, they WILL stop the vehicle, roll down the windows, unlock the doors etc for law enforcement, give permissions out for a search etc.
There is a separate question (unrelated to Waymo) around if that is enough for example for LEO to search the vehicle. My guess is the resolution will be that like a taxi, LEO can search the vehicle and waymo will build that implied consent into terms of service if needed. Hopefully patting down an individual will still require consent or cause or similar.
The OP seemed to imagine that these services are going to be some sort of lawless area, and they are not, they are going to track and record the start / finish / stops of all your trips, record you in the vehicle, record the space around the vehicle and will cooperate with LEO.
This involves automatically pulling over and stopping the vehicle when a cop is behind the car and flashes their lights. The vehicle will also roll down its windows so the cops can access the interior of the vehicle and have easy access to passengers.
This also links in rider support automatically to communicate directly to law enforcement / rider support can also provide various commands to vehicle then.
They can also open a door, which triggers a an autonomos driving cutout. They can also contact these folks directly to gain access (ie, remote unlock etc).
To retrofit your vehicle so that law enforcement has this type of direct access may take some effort, but I doubt you'd have much objection - there currently is a real issue with drive offs and law enforcements ability to respond to those under vehicle chase rules. If you can set up your vehicle to override your drive-off efforts that will probably be welcomed, especially if it pulls over, stops, can unlock doors to provide LEO access to your person etc.
Separately, rider support can give permission for a vehicle search as the owner of the vehicle, so you'd want to register vehicle with a service that would give consent automatically and then provide instructions on where to find registration and insurance in vehicle. Waymo I beleive does it on the visors.
I'm not sure you fully grasp the implications of Law Enforcement Interaction Protocol efforts. In the future, the car may be able to drive you to a "safe" location for a car search and your arrest.