California Police Accuse Waymo of Illegal Turn but Can’t Issue Driverless Car a Ticket

California police accuse Waymo of illegal turn but can’t issue driverless car a ticket

"Since there was no human driver, a ticket couldn’t be issued (our citation books don’t have a box for 'robot')," the police department said.

Waymo pulled over for illegal turn, but police can't issue driverless car a ticket

(KRON) – A Northern California police department was patrolling city streets during a late-night DUI enforcement operation over the weekend when they pulled over a white Jaguar SUV after a traffic violation. But the interaction was complicated by the fact there was no driver to hand a physical ticket to. The car that was pulled over was a driverless Waymo vehicle, which San Bruno police said made an illegal U-turn. The department contacted the a…

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When a driverless car makes an illegal u-turn, who gets the ticket? - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Two officers in San Bruno, California, a suburb of San Francisco, were checking for drunken drivers over the weekend when they saw a car make an illegal U-turn right in front of them. But it wasn’t a drunken driver. It was a driverless Waymo taxi.

Police Stop Self-Driving Taxi for Illegal U-Turn, Google Just Gets a ‘Notice’

Waymo self-driving taxi | Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesPolice officers in San Bruno, California, may have found themselves fondly remembering simpler times late last Saturday night. Two officers were out on DUI patrol and “observed something unusual.” At first, it just looked like a white Jaguar making an illegal U-turn directly in front of them at a light. What kind of human driver would pull that stunt with a patrol car pre…