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Definitely. But people believe they won't get pulled over because the car will drive itself fine.

zamnos 4y ago
If autopilot means the car isn't swerving around like a drunken idiot is driving, where's the probable cause to pull people over?
- scarface74 4y ago
  Since when have cops needed probable cause?
- lm28469 4y ago
  DUI checkpoints The autopilot doing its habitual random shenanigans that makes it look exactly like a drunk driver is at the wheel You being asleep at the wheel &c.
  - rootusrootus 4y ago
    > DUI checkpoints One of the nice things about living in the PNW is that both Oregon and Washington prohibit such unconstitutional crap.
    - lm28469 4y ago
      I'm real glad they have DUI checks outside of night clubs during the weekend here, they bust hundreds of drunk drivers before they get on the roads. Alcohol is responsible for 30% of road deaths here, 23% due to other drugs. That's a lot of death you can avoid with a 30 seconds spit test
    - op00to 4y ago
      DUI checkpoints are set up to only catch the stupidest of criminals. At least in my neck of the woods, they publish the locations of the checkpoints in advance, and are always on arterial roads, but never state highways or interstates. It's entirely possible to avoid the checkpoints altogether. If you're stupid enough to get wrapped up in one of those, you probably shouldn't be drinking or driving.
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  I once got pulled over because I was using autopilot. And I was stone cold sober. Damn thing just couldn't figure out how to do easy corners on I-5 without ping-ponging. Turns out there was a cop behind me. Fortunately it was resolved quickly with chuckles all around.
sokoloff 4y ago
They're probably pretty close to right. When I think back to impaired drivers I've noticed on the road, the first two things I've noticed were inadequate lane-keeping and wild/baseless speed changes. Autopilot is good enough to mask those two signals. (I'm not saying this is a good idea; I'm just saying they're probably correct in that it reduces their chance to be pulled over.)

If autopilot means the car isn't swerving around like a drunken idiot is driving, where's the probable cause to pull people over?

scarface74 4y ago
Since when have cops needed probable cause?
lm28469 4y ago
DUI checkpoints The autopilot doing its habitual random shenanigans that makes it look exactly like a drunk driver is at the wheel You being asleep at the wheel &c.
- rootusrootus 4y ago
  > DUI checkpoints One of the nice things about living in the PNW is that both Oregon and Washington prohibit such unconstitutional crap.
  - lm28469 4y ago
    I'm real glad they have DUI checks outside of night clubs during the weekend here, they bust hundreds of drunk drivers before they get on the roads. Alcohol is responsible for 30% of road deaths here, 23% due to other drugs. That's a lot of death you can avoid with a 30 seconds spit test
  - op00to 4y ago
    DUI checkpoints are set up to only catch the stupidest of criminals. At least in my neck of the woods, they publish the locations of the checkpoints in advance, and are always on arterial roads, but never state highways or interstates. It's entirely possible to avoid the checkpoints altogether. If you're stupid enough to get wrapped up in one of those, you probably shouldn't be drinking or driving.
rootusrootus 4y ago
I once got pulled over because I was using autopilot. And I was stone cold sober. Damn thing just couldn't figure out how to do easy corners on I-5 without ping-ponging. Turns out there was a cop behind me. Fortunately it was resolved quickly with chuckles all around.

sokoloff 4y ago

They're probably pretty close to right. When I think back to impaired drivers I've noticed on the road, the first two things I've noticed were inadequate lane-keeping and wild/baseless speed changes. Autopilot is good enough to mask those two signals. (I'm not saying this is a good idea; I'm just saying they're probably correct in that it reduces their chance to be pulled over.)