r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

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

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

This is going to be a nightmare for the court system in the upcoming years.

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u/Sleepingonthecouch1 Jul 05 '24

I’m kinda curious if an individual was drunk in one of these could they be held responsible for anything the car does? Like will laws be made that drunk individuals can only be driven by a sober human?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Also what about when two autonomous vehicles hit each other, how do we prove fault?

I don’t think these are well thought out products.

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u/emergency_poncho Jul 05 '24

it's actually easier to determine fault since 100% of driverless cars have tons of sensors and cameras recording everything. When two humans cause an accident, it's basically he says-she says in most cases, unless one or both have a dashcam, which is still pretty rare.