Google Self-Driving Car Pulled Over by Cop for Driving Too Slow
A Google self-driving car was recently pulled over by a police officer in California for driving too slow.
A Mountain View, California police officer noticed that some cars were trailing behind a small, white car. The cop pulled the Google self-driving car because it was running at 24 mph along a road with a 35 mph speed limit, according to The Washington Post.
A photo of the incident went viral online this week after Facebook user Zandr Milewski posted a photo of the cop pulling over the Google self-driving car.
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After flagging the self-driving car down, the officer contacted its operators to know more about how the vehicle was regulating speed along certain paths. He also reminded them about the inconvenience brought to others impeded by slow speed.
The Mountain View Police Department also put up a blog post saying the deputy did not issue a ticket because the Google car was allowed to travel on El Camino Real street, the report adds.
In a statement posted on a Google+ page, the tech giant said its self-driving cars' speed is limited to 25 mph for "safety reasons." In addition, the company said they do not want to scare people by making their driverless cars zoom along the neighborhood; they want to make a friendly impression on the community, PC Mag reports.
Nevertheless, Google boasted that its modified self-driving Lexus SUVs and bubble-shaped cars have never been issued a ticket.
"Like this officer, people sometimes flag us down when they want to know more about our project," PC Mag quotes Google's statement on its website. "After 1.2 million miles of autonomous driving (that the human equivalent of 90 years of driving experience), we're proud to say we've never been ticketed!"
Google's self-driving cars can be seen in Mountain View, California and Austin, Texas. The autonomous vehicles were first unveiled in December last year, and the testing commenced six months after that.
