US EditionWaymo pulled over by San Bruno police for making illegal U-turn with no driver, passenger in car
California law prevents police from ticketing driverless cars, but new 2026 rules will allow companies to receive notices; Waymo recorded about 90 violations in San Francisco, officials said.
- Police in San Bruno, California, stopped a driverless Waymo car for making an illegal u-turn on Friday night.
- Officers found no human driver in the vehicle and could not issue a ticket.
- The police department stated that their citation books do not include 'robot.'
- Waymo assured that its autonomous driving system is designed to obey traffic rules.
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WCBDWaymo 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…
In California, police caught a car making a U-turn. They expected to issue a ticket but were stunned to see an empty driver's seat. It was a self-driving car that committed the violation.
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