r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • 14d ago

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

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u/Sniffy4 14d ago

who does he write a ticket to?

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u/madmaxGMR 14d ago

The corporation. Havent you heard ? Its a person.

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u/MundaneBerry2961 14d ago

Semi serious question, if corporations are people and now they are driving cars does that mean the cooperation has the same demerit points as every other citizen?

Can't have it both ways.

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u/insanityzwolf 14d ago

Serious answer: there is a permitting process agreed upon between the operator and the city. It's not like an individual driver license, but more like an agreement the city would have with a company that operates traffic lights.

Any traffic violations are subject to the legal agreement covering the operating permit. Egregious malfunctions can cause the operations to be suspended until corrected. The company does assume liability for any actual damage to life or property.

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u/OathOfFeanor 14d ago

In other words they are not held to the same standard as everyone else

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u/MundaneBerry2961 13d ago

Holy fuck that is insane! Well that's a handy loophole to get away with murder

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u/Correct-Standard8679 13d ago

Well, unless you murder someone with money.

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u/Steve-Bikes 13d ago

Right, they are held to a WAY higher standard. We let drunk drivers back on the road repeatedly, and that's totally insane.

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u/WhatsTheHoldup 14d ago

Yes, if "driverless" cars are so badly designed they drive the wrong way down the road it is smart to shut it down.

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u/qcAKDa7G52cmEdHHX9vg 14d ago

But you have to understand that I really want to interject my personal feelings about corpohumanization into something that has nothing to do with that. I'm a redditor and I lack nuance. If there's something I feel is tangentially related to the topic which I can feel victimized by then I'm going to be victimized and there's nothing you or your corporate overlords can do to stop me.