"A post by the San Bruno police department on Saturday shows an officer looking into a Waymo the leading autonomous ride-hailing vehicle in the San Francisco Bay Area after stopping the signature white car. Since there was no human driver, a ticket couldn't be issued (our citation books don't have a box for robot), reads the post. The department said that it had alerted Waymo of the glitch, and that hopefully the reprogramming will keep it from making any more illegal moves."
"If a driver makes an illegal U-turn, but no one is behind the wheel, does the car still get a ticket? A police department in California grappled with this existential question last week. During a DUI enforcement operation, officers in San Bruno pulled over a car without anyone behind the wheel after the autonomous vehicle made an illegal U-turn at a light."
A Waymo autonomous vehicle made an illegal U-turn at a traffic light in San Bruno and was later stopped during a DUI enforcement operation with no human at the wheel. Because no person occupied the driver's seat, officers could not issue a conventional traffic citation. San Bruno police said they alerted Waymo to the glitch and expressed hope that reprogramming will prevent further illegal maneuvers. Waymo stated that the Waymo Driver is designed to respect rules of the road, that the company is investigating, and that it is committed to improving road safety through ongoing learnings. California passed a law permitting notices of noncompliance for driverless cars that break traffic laws, effective July 2026.
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