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PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent a letter to driverless vehicle developers demanding a solution to autonomous cars driving into active emergency scenes.<\/p>\n

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The agency said it is seeing a \u201cdisturbing trend\u201d of driverless cars entering active scenes and warned that some autonomous vehicles cannot safely detect and respond to those situations. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is unacceptable. To state it bluntly: an [autonomous vehicle] that cannot safely interact with first responders is a danger to the general public,\u201d the NHTSA said in its .<\/p>\n

The letter cited incidents in which driverless cars blocked ambulances and fire crews. The agency is calling for a solution to be discussed by the end of the month.<\/p>\n

Phoenix incident<\/h2>\n

Last month, a Waymo vehicle drove through an active crime scene near Sky Harbor Airport while armed officers searched for an armed suspect in the area. A former police chief called the situation dangerous. A Waymo spokesperson said at the time that safety is fundamental to what the company does.<\/p>\n

Expert reaction<\/h2>\n

Andrew Maynard, a professor of advanced technology transitions at Arizona State University, told Arizona\u2019s Family that the federal government faces challenges in regulating self-driving vehicles.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe trouble with any emerging technology is you\u2019re never quite sure what the big risks are going to be, and you never will be sure until you get there,\u201d Maynard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo this is exactly what\u2019s happening with both AI and self-driving vehicles \u2014 that we think we\u2019ve got, or the companies think they\u2019ve got everything as good as it can be, and then something happens that sort of blindsides them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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