What happens when a police officer pulls over a robotic car?

A Google autonomous car was pulled over Thursday while driving near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. An officer from the Mountain View Police Department (MVPD) observed traffic slowing down on a public road and pulled the car over for driving 11 m.p.h. The Google self-driving vehicle, which is only allowed on public roads with speed limits of 35 m.p.h. or slower, was operating on a legal road, but was obstructing traffic in violation of section 22400 of the California Vehicle Code. The officer did not have a driver to ticket, but spoke with the car's operator, issuing a warning about maintaining safe and reasonable speeds. In their statement, the MVPD wrote, "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." Google was quick to post on its Google page, defending the cop encounter.