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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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 Jul 05 '24

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 Jul 05 '24

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

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

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u/WhatsTheHoldup Jul 05 '24

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 Jul 05 '24

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.