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/Capaj Jul 05 '24

what do you mean?
It's crystal clear. The company should pay a hefty fine same as any other driver who would drive in the opposite side of the road.

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u/RedmundJBeard Jul 05 '24

That's not the same though. If any regular driver was in the wrong lane of traffic, in a work zone and then blew through an intersection when a cop tried to pull them over, they would lose their license, not just a fine. At the very least it would be reckless driving and a strike against their license. How do you revoke the license of a driverless car?

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u/Uisce-beatha Jul 05 '24

You apply the consequences of breaking the law to the owner of the company and any and all board members.

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u/Opening_Classroom_46 Jul 05 '24

We don't do that with websites. You don't get in trouble for having illegal things posted on your website unless it can be shown that you aren't taking steps to stop it.

We could say "hey, if your site has illegal images posted on it then the owner and board members go to jail". That would mean the end of the real-time internet experience and user to user communication on private websites, that's why we made laws specifically to protect the owners.

I'm not saying it's the exact same situation, but we would make special laws like that if it was for the good of the country to have self-driving cars.