California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turn | Waymo

If a driver makes an illegal U -turn, but if no one is behind the steering wheel, is the car still buying tickets? A police department in California struggled with this existential question last week.

During a DUI execution operation, the officers in San Bruno seized a car without anyone behind the steering wheel, after the autonomous vehicle had an illegal U -turn in the light. A post San Bruno Police Department on Saturday, signed white car after stopping the San Francisco Gulf Region, a leading autonomous driving vehicle, a Waymo is shown.

“Since there is no human driver, a ticket cannot be given (there is no box for the robot in our quote books).

The department said Waymo warned Waymo from the glitch and “I hope that re -programming will prevent him from making more illegal moves”.

Waymo said in a statement, the company’s autonomous driving system Waymo Driver’dan said, “The rules of the road is designed to respect the rules, he said.

“We are investigating this situation and we are determined to increase road safety through our ongoing studies and experiences,” he says.

Last year, California Governor Gavin Newsom A invoice signed to the law This allows police officers to publish a “incompatibility notification” if a driverless car violates traffic laws. The law comes into force in July 2026. The law also requires companies to establish an emergency phone line for the first intervention teams.

The draft was introduced by Monimember Phil Ting from San Francisco, who dragged a pedestrian, intervened and active crime scenes and enters active crime scenes.

With the new law, the first intervention teams can order a company to remove autonomous vehicles from an area and have two minutes to direct the company’s cars to leave or avoid.

In response to people who believe that civil servants are soft, San Bruno Police Department said, “There is a legislation to allow civil servants to publish their company notifications.”

Waymo Cars, which was initiated as a project under Google’s X research laboratory in 2009, works through external cameras and sensors. Company, one Remember more A software problem that causes collisions with chains, doors and other fixed highway barriers. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation After receiving the 22 Waymo intermediary report, the agency’s irregularly moving or potentially violating traffic safety laws, he entered the company last year.