Police pulled over a Waymo car for driving in the oncoming lane
Police pulled over a Waymo car for driving in the oncoming lane
Arizona law does allow officers to give out tickets when a robotaxi commits a traffic violation while driving autonomously; however, officers have to give them to the company that owns the vehicle. Doing so is “not feasible,” according to a Phoenix police spokesperson
I’m just speculating, but there is probably a very efficient workflow for sending a ticket to an individual (given the number of tickets written and the revenue it generates), and I wouldn’t be surprised if the workflow doesn’t accommodate an AI operated vehicle. Kind of like how a restaurant would need to restructure its workflow to accommodate DoorDash.
In other words, “infeasible” actually means “would take extra effort”.
citations must be handed over personally to the driver
In Arizona, the operator of an AI vehicle must submit a law enforcement interaction plan that specifies how they will be ticketed.
However, it’s quite possible that the actually following the plan is a pain in the butt for traffic cops, and they simply don’t want to put in the effort.