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California police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turn
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2025
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It really doesn't take much intelligence to figure out who needs to get the ticket for that.
Spoken like someone who hasn't had to interact with American law enforcement much.
Being intelligent is quite literally a disqualifying characteristic.
"Couldn't give a ticket. Tried to drag the driver out, force him do to tests and beat the ever loving shit outta him but... holds back tears There...there was no driver..."
Follow the money. Who owns the car?
That level of effort is way above the pay grade of a typical beat cop.
It's not a question of what feels right, it's a question of what the law actually says. I'm pretty sure most of us are actually not all that fond of the idea of cops making up or creatively reinterpreting the law to suit their own whims, so I don't see why we should suddenly be cheering for it now.
If the law isn't written in such a way as to be able to apply to driverless vehicles, that's a problem that lawmakers need to correct.
Lawmakers are too busy focusing on irrelevant distractions to be addressing gaps in the law.
And, just so we're clear, you're saying you're cool with the alternative being proposed here, which is that the police just make up the law as they see fit?
I don't believe I said that, nor implied it ?
So which is it then? Do you want cops making the law, do you want lawmakers making the law, or do you want to offer a third option?