Autonomous Vehicle Tries to Escape from Police

Occurred on April 1, 2022 / San Francisco, California, U

Info from Licensor: Friday, April 1st, around 10 pm, my friends and I were walking home from dinner down Clement street when we heard police sirens. We didn’t think much of it at the moment but when I looked over, I noticed there was nobody driving so I pulled out my phone and started recording. When the Officers got the Cruise autonomous car to pull over, they approached the vehicle and the windows rolled down. Turned out, they initiated the stop because it was driving without its headlights on! The Officer attempted to turn the headlights on for the car but appeared to be unsuccessful in doing so. I stuck around and recorded for a little longer but it looked like the Officers were perplexed about what to do so we continued to walk home. I thought it was funny that the officers were so confused and found it funny (they were laughing and pacing back-and-forth). I also thought it was strange that the cops think it’s necessary for a “robot car” to need headlights to see. I’m sure the cameras and AI are advanced enough to navigate safely at night time and can see better than the human eye.