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> when a Waymo vehicle is driving itself, Waymo may be legally considered the operator, even if a human passenger sits inside Source: https://www.vazirilaw.com
by merelysounds 6mo ago
> when a Waymo vehicle is driving itself, Waymo may be legally considered the operator, even if a human passenger sits inside
Source: https://www.vazirilaw.com/faqs/whos-liable-in-a-waymo-self-driving-car-accident/ https://www.vazirilaw.com/faqs/whos-liable-in-a-waymo-self-d...
- kube-system 6mo agoThat page addresses tort liability, not liability for driving infractions or crimes. Liability for damages when a company does it is more settled of a situation. It still isn't quite as clear who or if anyone is liable when traffic laws are broken: https://web.archive.org/web/20251025055924/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/us/waymo-tickets-san-bruno.html https://web.archive.org/web/20251025055924/https://www.nytim... Often, they are simply getting away with it.
- merelysounds 6mo agoVery interesting, thanks for sharing! Sounds like the tickets should be at least more expensive than the cost of equivalent QA (and if not, self driving companies might offload QA to the police).