Autonomous Vehicle Traffic Laws
The cluster centers on debates about enforcing traffic laws on self-driving cars for minor violations like speeding or improper stops, comparing it to human drivers who routinely break rules without consequences, and discussing ticketing, liability, and criminality.
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The same way you can get ticketed for speeding in your car despite not actually hitting anyone or anything.
The drivers who can't handle the edge cases face the justice system. If You or I did that we'd face repercussions.
If someone can't follow traffic laws, they shouldn't be on the road (regardless of mode of transportation)
Most traffic violations, like parking tickets, are "strict liability": mens rea doesn't matter, if the offense was committed you're getting a ticket. Presumably this will be the same.
Did this motorist get into any trouble for this?
Driving over the speed limit and jaywalking aren't legal either ;)
Not sure why this disturbs you; people regularly violate traffic laws when they decide it isn't risky. Our laws are not written with enough precision to deal with all scenarios, so we let people applying the law to decide if what you did was reasonable even if it was illegal.
this works for getting out of traffic tickets too lol
You'd be doing it so the vehicle won't move, and if the vehicle doesn't move it will cause traffic. If your argument is even slightly correct (that there would be any problem prosecuting such behavior) then it at least won't be in the future. Obviously trying to trick a car into causing traffic chaos is not going to be an accepted behavior.
They'll just quit insuring their car. What's one more law broken?