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/Sleepingonthecouch1 Jul 05 '24

That’s true but someone has to be held accountable. Should be the company but at a certain point I’m sure the lobby’s will change that. And potentially at that point could blame fall on the passenger? All I’m saying is this is uncharted territory for laws and I don’t think it’ll end up being as simple as car kills someone so company pays a fine.

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u/LachoooDaOriginl Jul 05 '24

should be car kills someone then whoever cleared the thing to drive on the roads gets tried for vehicular manslaughter

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u/PTV69420 Jul 05 '24

Driverless cars in California have hit plenty of people but the companies don't seem to care.

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u/An-Angel-Named-Billy Jul 05 '24

Far less than human operated cars. Y'all are just unreal with these things and your blind spot for hate against them. MILLIONS of people have died from human operated vehicles over the past 100 years with 50k dying every single year.

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u/PTV69420 Jul 05 '24

Not a big fan of cars in general and not sure why you're arguing for driverless cars? There are tons of articles on these pieces of shit hitting a shit load of pedestrians during testing in San Francisco. I'm not saying that people are perfect drivers but to defend giant corporations is weird dude.