Waymo can handle police and hand signals now

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They have been doing this a long time. Here is a video from 2015, start watching at 10min:

 

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In that video they are demonstrating the data they have to process, but that iteration of the software wasn't able to actually do it reliably. They are just showing the kinds of challenges they have to overcome.

Now they are saying it's ready for real-world use and they can offer their taxi service in areas that have traffic police operating.