So much for showing your license and registration.
Fresh body cam footage from the Phoenix Police Department shows an officer pulling over a white Jaguar SUV for an alleged slew of reckless actions near a construction zone on Thursday.
But upon confronting the car, the office quickly found out the car was DRIVERLESS.
That’s because the car turned out to be a driverless Waymo taxi.
Here’s how the confrontation between the police and the driverless car unfolded.
The driver’s window on the car owned by Waymo — which is run by Google’s parent company Alphabet, Inc. — rolls down.
The vehicle’s audio system then connects the officer with a company representative, and the cop informs them of the problem.
“So your car here drove into oncoming lanes of traffic,” the officer informs the company.
The rep responds, “OK, I’ll go ahead and take a look at that right now.”
The cop adds, “Yeah, there’s like a little bit of a construction area, and it went on opposing lanes of traffic, which is real bad.”
Another officer can seen at one point popping by to ask what is going on — and also appears visibly surprised see the car is empty.
He gasps in shock, too, when he learns that the driverless car veered into the oncoming traffic lane.
A Waymo support staffer eventually arrives to assist the first responding cop.
Phoenix officials later noted that the incident ended without further need for action, as the officer was “UNABLE TO ISSUE CITATION TO COMPUTER,” according to the dispatch records.
Waymo said in a statement that the vehicle had “encountered inconsistent construction signage” during the trip, causing it to drive in an oncoming lane of traffic.
The car was then “blocked” from moving back into the correct lane for about 30 seconds before the officer pulled it over, the company said.
Phoenix is one of the few cities in the US that allows autonomous vehicles to drive on its roads, with Waymo cleared to operate there as of 2024.
According to a Forbes survey, 93% of Americans have concerns about self-driving cars — with safety being a major factor. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that self-driving vehicles are more than twice as likely as traditional vehicles to become involved in auto accidents.
Watch the entire body cam footage of the bizarre traffic stop. It’s one traffic stop he’ll never forget!