NewsNovember 15, 2015
Police pull over Google self-driving car
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- A police officer made a traffic stop, but wrote no ticket. There was no driver to give it to. A Mountain View police officer noticed the Google self-driving car going a road-clogging 24 mph in a 35 mph zone. He stopped the car and contacted its operators to let them know it was impeding traffic but issued no citation. Google responded in a blog post, saying it's never received a ticket and adding, "Driving too slowly? Bet humans don't get pulled over for that too often."...
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Police pull over Google self-driving car
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- A police officer made a traffic stop, but wrote no ticket. There was no driver to give it to. A Mountain View police officer noticed the Google self-driving car going a road-clogging 24 mph in a 35 mph zone. He stopped the car and contacted its operators to let them know it was impeding traffic but issued no citation. Google responded in a blog post, saying it's never received a ticket and adding, "Driving too slowly? Bet humans don't get pulled over for that too often."
-- Associated Press
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