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purr-rat beauty

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1. Did Waymo get fined like a normal driver would?

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:39 AM

3 hrs ago

I wonder where liability will rest when autonomous vehicles start causing more accidents and deaths

Is it the driver (rider)?
Is it the manufacturer?
Insurance for covering untrustworthy tech?
The state for registering and allowing these vehicles to be on the roads?

If I had a loved one killed by an autonomous driving vehicle I would sue all of them.

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Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones [View all] highplainsdem 3 hrs ago OP

Did Waymo get fined like a normal driver would? purr-rat beauty 3 hrs ago #1

*sigh* If only all the money, time and effort poured into developing self-driving cars tanyev 3 hrs ago #2

Who wants these things? LisaM 3 hrs ago #3

It is illuminating that... WestMichRad 2 hrs ago #4

Yep. "Perpetual Beta" has taken over the world of commodity software, and it's like no alternative ever existed. nt eppur_se_muova 1 hr ago #5

No doubt Musks robo taxi endeavor would demand that construction zones be removed until the can figure out how not to ToxMarz 1 hr ago #6