At a time when it seems that police are unwilling to interface with regular human drivers, to the point they suggest that drivers need to preemptively place both their hands on the wheel so officers don't become spooked, it's reasonable to ask why companies get to specify deliberate procedures. As in, why isn't the attack first and ask questions later standard good enough for them too?
> to the point they suggest that drivers need to place both their hands on the wheel so officers don't become spooked, it's reasonable to ask why companies get deliberate procedures.
I don't understand. Isn't "place both hands on the wheel, show me your license", etc precisely a "deliberate procedure"? It sounds like your complaint is that police are too procedural instead of engaging on a human level, but then you complain that theyre not _more_ procedural with humans?
I'm talking about who is setting the procedures, not simply their existence.
With autonomous vehicles, they're asking how to interface with them politely. Like if they signal one to stop and it's not stopping, here is a phone number to call where someone can gracefully shut it down. As opposed to just deploying spike strips or ramming as is their default.
Whereas human drivers don't get the luxury of specifying any such protocols. And rather than reform their own procedures, police are attempting to compensate by creating protocols drivers are supposed to know and follow before an officer is even at the car.
As a motorist I'd love to be able to choose a protocol that police would follow when pulling me over. For example, call this phone number first rather than just walking up to me and risking yourself getting spooked and me getting killed.
> With autonomous vehicles, they're asking how to interface with them politely. Like if they signal one to stop and it's not stopping, here is a phone number to call where someone can gracefully shut it down. As opposed to just deploying spike strips or ramming as is their default.
This is quite an extraordinary assumption. Do you have any evidence of this that I missed? My assumption was closer to something like "here's how you communicate to an SDC that it should pull over; here's the decision path it will follow when pulling over; here's how to get in touch with the co".
I don't see any indication that an out-of-control car will be given free rein to rampage (in situations where a spike strip would be used on a human driver) while the PD waits on hold with the operating company. Honestly, this sounds like a paranoid fever dream.
The protocols waymo and others are and will be offering will prevent passengers from trying to drive off. They will stop vehicle, unlock it and roll down the windows for the cops etc. They will also record outside and in some cases inside of vehicle.
Again, I think you could write a similar protocol. Pull over, roll down windows to allow cops easy access and visibility to your person, and unlock all the doors so they can open them. Maybe do a dash cam plus interior cam to get cops the footage they need that way?
Waymo also will automatically connect to a ride support operator who can do things like give permission for a vehicle search if needed. Not sure how you could copy that, maybe vehicle owners could put a sticker on their cars so regardless of what passenger wants the vehicle can be searched at any time?
