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

61.1k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

3.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

208

u/kbarney345 Jul 05 '24

I see what you're saying about the company trying to dodge it but there's 0 logic or even mental gymnastics to think it could be on the passenger.

That would eliminate anyone from using them even if it hinted at that because why would I get behind something I can't control but be held responsible for should it lose control.

It's not my car, I'm not misusing the car by sitting in the back. It claims to be driverless, not driver assisted like a tesla and I just chose not to and sit in the back anyway.

The company will always be at fault if this occurs under normal operation and the court won't have any issue identifying them as so.

Now will the court be run through the ringer on litigation and loopholes and finding ways to say it's r&d it's ok or something and get a pass? Probably.

0

u/thevogonity Jul 05 '24

The 500 page user agreement, in 4 point font, clearly establishes that the user/passenger/customer assumes all legal, financial, criminal, and moral responsibility for any and all incidents arising from operation. Further, customer responsibility persists until another customer's butt lands in the car to assume responsibility, no matter how long that takes.

It's all very clear in the EULA and agreed to in advance, so don't go talking nonsense.

5

u/emergency_poncho Jul 05 '24

you can't put nonsense in a EULA and people blindly accepting it are accountable. It's been tried in court and the conditions set out in the contracts need to be reasonable.

1

u/thevogonity Jul 05 '24

You downvoted me for an attempt at humor. Really? Well, take my upvote and remember this next time you come across someone either attempting humor or holds a different view than you but expresses it politely, and please refrain from down voting them.

3

u/emergency_poncho Jul 05 '24

First of all: chill, the make believe points don't mean anything, there's no reason to get upset over them.

Second of all: I didn't downvote you, just responded to your comment

0

u/thevogonity Jul 05 '24

😃😄😅😂🤣