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Driverless cars in California are exempt from certain traffic tickets thanks to a legal loophole, report says

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Driverless cars in California are exempt from certain traffic tickets thanks to a legal loophole, report says::California law enforcers are unable to give driverless cars traffic tickets for moving violations such as speeding, per NBC.

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One would think that in a situation where a driverless vehice was, say, speeding, it could be argued it represented a danger to the public at large and thus had to be impounded right?
I gotta imagine if my cars e-brake failed while parked, then it rolled down a hill and hit a mailbox or something, they wouldn't just leave it there for me to grab later.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Driverless cars are facing a growing backlash after a series of high-profile accidents — but in California, they are reportedly avoiding traffic tickets.
Thanks to a loophole in California law, police are unable to give driverless cars traffic tickets, according to an NBC report, as offending vehicles can only be booked if there is an actual driver at the wheel.
"No citation for a moving violation can be issued if the [autonomous vehicle] is being operated in a driverless mode," read an internal memo from San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott obtained by NBC News.
Unlike California, Texas, and Arizona — which have also been used as a testing ground for driverless cars — have passed laws holding companies who operate autonomous vehicles responsible for any driving infractions.
GM-owned Cruise recalled its entire fleet of robotaxis in San Francisco last in November after a pedestrian was dragged 20 feet under one of its cars after being hit by another vehicle.
Both Cruise and its rival Waymo — which is still operating in San Francisco — have insisted that their driverless cars are safer than human drivers.
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- I just need to comment how annoying this paragraph is:
  "Unlike California, Texas, and Arizona — which have also been used as a testing ground for driverless cars — have passed laws holding companies who operate autonomous vehicles responsible for any driving infractions."
  Should be written: Texas and Arizona, unlike California, have passed laws holding companies who operate autonomous vehicles responsible for any driving infractions. All three states have been used as testing grounds for driverless cars."
  
  Is that what they meant?! I had given up. Thanks.