New Delhi. Today technology has advanced so much that it becomes difficult to believe in some of its capabilities. An example of the rapidly advancing technology in the world was seen in Arizona, US, which confused even the police. The video of this incident is going viral on social media.
The strange behavior of a car caught the attention of local police patrolling in central Phoenix, Arizona. The police started following that car without any delay. It can be seen in the video that the car moving in front is repeatedly turning left and right. There was also a pick-up truck ahead of that car which was moving straight on its path. Seeing this action of the car driver, it seems that he wants to overtake the car in front of him but due to some reason is not able to overtake.
Car broke lane rules
The policemen following behind report that this car is breaking the lane rules by this action. The police gave signals to the car several times to stop but the car did not stop. Finally, after traveling some distance, the car stopped at a place but as soon as the door of the car opened, no one could believe their eyes.
When the door opened…
As soon as the car stopped, the policemen attacked. A policeman asked the driver to open the door, but there was no response from inside. After that suddenly the car window opened. The policemen were surprised as soon as they looked inside. There was no one inside the car and the car was moving on its own. After this, a sound automatically started coming from inside the car. The policemen were shocked to see this.
The car turned out to be driverless
Fox 10 Phoenix According to, the police came to know that this is a Waymo self-driving car which drives automatically. Its service like Ola-Uber has been started in many cities of America. People book it with the help of the app and this car automatically comes to pick them up. The payment system in this car is online. Let us tell you that Waymo is part of Google’s driverless car project. This car moves by estimating the traffic with the help of cameras, radar and GPS system.
When asked by the police, Waymo’s computer system reported that the car was having trouble detecting obstacles on the road. The car’s strange moving left and right was its technical flaw. However, information about whether the police imposed any fine on the car was not revealed.
Tags: auto news
FIRST PUBLISHED: July 8, 2024, 13:10 IST
