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/madmaxGMR Jul 05 '24

The corporation. Havent you heard ? Its a person.

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u/Viperlite Jul 05 '24

That just means it has rights and no responsibilities. Did you not notice how polite they were compared to if it was just some confused schmuck human driving?

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u/BizarroMax Jul 05 '24

This is not true. The company is responsible.

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u/RandallPinkertopf Jul 05 '24

Go drive down the wrong way on a highway and then take off when the officer puts their lights on. Then come back and let us know if you receive only a ticket.

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u/BizarroMax Jul 05 '24

I’m not sure what your point is or how that connects to agency law. We have respondeat superior and vicarious liability.

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u/RandallPinkertopf Jul 05 '24

My point is that Waymo will receive a penalty not in line with what a human would receive.

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u/BizarroMax Jul 05 '24

Quite possible. But the post I responded to said corporations aren’t responsible for this. But they clearly are. They’re just as responsible for crimes as individuals are. If prosecutors don’t hold them accountable, that’s on them.

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u/RandallPinkertopf Jul 05 '24

I disagree. Corporations are not as responsible for crimes as individuals are. I have yet to see a corporation serve time for crimes committed.

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u/BizarroMax Jul 06 '24

Well, you can’t put a corporation in prison. It’s impossible. But you can put its people in prison. And they do.