Driverless Truck Drives in Circles

Scott en Aztlán wrote: <brevity snip>
> http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister...le_1339435.php
> Be sure and follow the link and watch the video: what you'll see is a
> bunch of cops standing around, watching this pickup truck driving
> around in reverse circles. It appears they just let it go until the it
> ran out of gas.

Duh: "Irvine Police deploy spike strip to halt the circuitous route of
riderless vehicle today."

> Meanwhile, they have a busy street in a business
> district completely blocked off.

If there's one thing Irvine has, it's plenty of alternate routes.

> WTF didn't one of them just walk up
> to the truck, hop in, and shut the damn ignition off?

Because they aren't quite that stupid?
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- gpsman