Driverless Cars Will Be Subject to Moving-Violation Tickets in California Soon
Key takeaways
- The change is part of a rollout of 2024 legislation on autonomous vehicles and part of a set of new requirements approved on April 28 by the state's DMV.
- Other requirements involve testing self-driving cars before they hit the road: 50,000 miles of testing in each phase of development for light-duty vehicles and 500,000 miles for heavy-duty vehicles like semi trucks.
- "These updates support the growth of the AV industry by enhancing public safety and transparency while adding additional accountability for AV manufacturers," the DMV's director, Steve Gordon, said in a statement.
California's Department of Motor Vehicles is enacting new regulations that mean cars without drivers, such as Tesla Robotaxis and Waymo rideshare cars, will be subject to police ticketing -- even though there's no driver in the car to accept it.
The change is part of a rollout of 2024 legislation on autonomous vehicles and part of a set of new requirements approved on April 28 by the state's DMV. The ticketing would be a "notice of AV (autonomous vehicle) noncompliance" issued to the manufacturer of an autonomous vehicle.
Other requirements involve testing self-driving cars before they hit the road: 50,000 miles of testing in each phase of development for light-duty vehicles and 500,000 miles for heavy-duty vehicles like semi trucks. The rules include more control over self-driving cars during emergencies.