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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">The self-driving pod caught the attention of traffic police while it was trundling down a street in California.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">Google</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"> </SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">Police pulled over one of</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.cnet.com/news/google-takes-next-gen-autonomous-cars-to-the-streets/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">Google's self-driving cars</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova"> on Thursday for driving slowly in Mountain View, California, where the company has its headquarters -- but there was no traffic infraction.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">The cartoonishly curvacious vehicle was driving 24 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone, police said, and was pulled over after a traffic officer noticed traffic backing up behind it.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">"As the officer approached the slow moving car he realized it was a Google autonomous vehicle,"</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://mountainviewpoliceblog.com/2015/11/12/inquiring-minds-want-to-know/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">Mountain View Police Department wrote in a blog post</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">. "The officer stopped the car and made contact with the operators to learn more about how the car was choosing speeds along certain roadways and to educate the operators about impeding traffic per 22400(a) of the California Vehicle Code."</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">The auto and computing industries believe</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.cnet.com/tags/self-driving-cars/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">self-driving cars</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova"> are the future. But developing the technology is only one step along the road. Drivers, legislators and engineers also will have to reckon with issues like</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.cnet.com/news/self-driving-car-advocates-tangle-with-messy-morality/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">car-crash ethical choices</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">, insurance coverage and, as here, law enforcement. For traffic violations,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/googles-self-driving-cars-have-never-gotten-a-ticket/371172/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">Google has said</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova"> the company itself should be responsible for tickets.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">Prototypes of Google's self-driving bubble cars are not an uncommon sight on roads in Mountain View. But the company is not alone in experimenting with autonomous vehicles -- many automakers are currently researching their own self-driving vehicles. Toyota has said that it hopes to make self-driving cars commercially available</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.cnet.com/news/toyota-expects-to-have-self-driving-cars-for-sale-by-2020/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">by 2020</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">, and MIT's Kevin Ashton, who divined the concept of network-connected objects known as the Internet of Things, this week predicted the vehicles</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.cnet.com/news/self-driving-cars-will-rule-the-roads-in-2030-says-internet-of-things-visionary/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U></SPAN><U><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">will be commonplace by 2030</FONT></SPAN></U><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"><FONT SIZE=4 FACE="Proxima Nova">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en"></SPAN></P>
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