Now California’s cops can give tickets to driverless cars

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Autonomous vehicles roving California’s roads will no longer be immune to traffic tickets starting on July 1st. New regulations announced by the California DMV this week allow law enforcement to give AV manufacturers a “notice of AV noncompliance” when one of their cars commits a traffic violation, like running a red light or failing to stop for school buses . The updated regulations come after years of viral traffic violations and multiple safety investigations involving robotaxis.

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system is also under investigation for running red lights and driving in the wrong direction. Now, driverless vehicle companies can get cited for those violations, at least in California. California’s new regulations could also help prevent driverless cars from getting in the way during emergencies, like an incident in San Francisco last year when Waymos blocked traffic during a power outage.

Industry Implications

AV companies will now have to answer first-responder calls within 30 seconds and must allow emergency responders to “issue electronic geofencing directives,” which will block AVs from entering active emergency areas. Any driverless cars already in the area will have to leave. The new regulations also allow AV companies to test and deploy heavy-duty autonomous trucks and include “licensing qualifications and permitting and training requirements for remote drivers and assistants.

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This advance offers important signals about the future of the sector, and the tech world is watching closely.