Google cars pay attention to emergency services workers already - they talked about it in their TED talk earlier this year - link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ted.com&#x2F;talks&#x2F;chris_urmson_how_a_driverless_car_sees_the_road" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ted.com&#x2F;talks&#x2F;chris_urmson_how_a_driverless_car_...</a><p>Skip to 10:00 for the police man halting the car, then waving it through.<p>The whole video is worth a watch, to be honest. It&#x27;s amazing how well they cater for edge cases.