Wild that they just kinda let them do whatever until now.
this post was submitted on 02 May 2026
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Treat the company as a single driver, specifically, complete with the three strike system.
The purpose of that system for a real person is to change the behavior of an individual. When the system that operates these cars is a single entity, you're essentially giving the system (numberOfCars x chances) chances, and the behavior cannot be changed because there is no consequence.
I went ahead and crunched the numbers.
According to my calculations, there is approximately a 0.00% chance that Gruesome Gavin would do anything to jeopardize the profits of Silicon Valley.
There is however a 0.08% chance he might consider the possibility of thinking about imposing an extremely mild inconvenience.
So... fingers crossed!
Wait, does this mean they got a free pass til now?
Yep.. If I understand correctly, in California fines have to be issued to the driver of the vehicle. But since self-driving vehicles have no driver, there is noone to issue fines to, legally speaking.
Why is it even considered a legal, controlled vehicle as opposed to just projectile or junk that needs to be cleared from the road?
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US relies heavily on a legal system. Big systems are slow to adapt to change.
Yes.
You’d think that if the system hadn’t adapted to driverless vehicles it would just treat them as if someone abandoned their vehicle in the middle of traffic
That's sorta fair, so I'd have to argue that the status quo biases toward consumerism or hope or capitalism then
What do you mean "begin"?????
Why on earth would they not get tickets if they violate the rules.
Isn't it enough that the police can't shoot the non-white drivers if there aren't any?
At least let them ticket the fucking ghost cars!
Can't give a ticket to someone who isn't there was the general issue till now.
Only a matters until we get the first driverless car executed by ICE
They can't do that, thats a vaguely useful and morally neutral action.
Will they throw a tantrum and demand a supervisor?
~~CEO~~ Conman probably does this behind closed doors with ~~conman~~ CEO-style rhetoric.
good, now will they do the same to the people driving in California that have a network greater than 300k?
because otherwise this is pointless...