US EditionTraffic Tickets for Robotaxis?
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A police officer in San Bruno recently looked surprised when he tried to ticket a motorist. Turns out, the traffic violation had been committed by a self-driving car, meaning there was no driver to whom he could issue the ticket. "Our system can't recognize that it's a robot."
Traffic Tickets for Robotaxis?
During a DUI checkpoint operation on September 27, 2025, in San Bruno, a suburb south of San Francisco, police officers observed a Waymo autonomous vehicle make an illegal U-turn at a traffic light right in front of them. The officers stopped the vehicle and contacted Waymo’s operations center to report the incident. Since there was no human driver, no ticket could be issued. Furthermore, there is no field for “robot” in police ticket books. Thi…
It's a pretty messy road police operation that recently took place in the United States, because the police stopped a car they thought was occupied by a self-driving driver... when there was no one behind the wheel.
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