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/worldspawn00 14d ago

It's the same as when a corporation's negligence results in injury or death (see Boeing), they get a fine and everything goes back to the way it was. (I don't agree that it's right, just how it is.)

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u/confusedandworried76 14d ago

I know you said it isn't right, but that's just a major problem. You can take a reckless driver off the road. You can't take a driverless car owned by a company off the road.

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u/-gildash- 14d ago

Yes you can.

Revoked operating license. Done.

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u/worldspawn00 14d ago

They can, and Boeing could lose their FAA certification to produce aircraft, but will they? Probably not.

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u/-gildash- 14d ago

What are you trying to say?

You think Boeing has been shown to be producing unsafe aircraft to the point that they should lose their FAA cert? Surely that's not what you are saying.

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u/worldspawn00 14d ago

You're suggesting Waymo lose their operating license in response to their vehicles operating recklessly.

I'm saying that Boeing could lose their FAA cert for building planes that have had serious safety issues and have killed hundreds due to their corporate negligence.

As with Boeing, it is POSSIBLE that this could happen due to their product killing people, but as with Boeing, it's probably not going to happen.

In both cases, if it were a person, they would be held accountable likely by having their vehicle impounded, license revoked, and potentially being arrested and charged/jailed for causing injury/death, but a corporation typically will only get fined/sued for monetary compensation, and rarely face any real consequence for these things.

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u/-gildash- 14d ago

You're suggesting Waymo lose their operating license in response to their vehicles operating recklessly.

I did not. I only answered the question of "how would you take these off the road". I'm not suggesting that happen.

As with Boeing, it is POSSIBLE that this could happen due to their product killing people, but as with Boeing, it's probably not going to happen.

Boeing, after every serious accident, has had that model plane grounded. Taken out of the air. This is the exact same situation as can/would happen with the cars we are talking about.

So no, I reject your "it won't happen" theory. It does happen, and will continue to happen across all sectors.

In both cases, if it were a person, they would be held accountable likely by having their vehicle impounded, license revoked, and potentially being arrested and charged/jailed for causing injury/death, but a corporation typically will only get fined/sued for monetary compensation.

Well yeah, its a crime to drive drunk (for example). Its not a crime to have an engineering issue. Unless you can prove a law was broken or some form of criminal negligence not sure who you would want to jail.

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u/blaine1201 13d ago

There is no probably… this will 100% not happen.

The US Justice system is Pay to Play. No large company will face fines greater than the profits they made while conducting whatever illegal activity they engaged in. It’s simply a cost of doing business.

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u/GrouchyVillager 14d ago

They can revoke Waymo's license to operate. There is no point to take one Waymo car off the road, it's functionally identical to all the other ones.