{"id":12827,"date":"2024-01-04T21:37:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T20:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/why-are-self-driving-cars-exempt-from-traffic-tickets-in-san-francisco\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T21:37:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T20:37:49","slug":"why-are-self-driving-cars-exempt-from-traffic-tickets-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/why-are-self-driving-cars-exempt-from-traffic-tickets-in-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are self-driving cars exempt from traffic tickets in San Francisco?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Laws in the state have yet to catch up to autonomous vehicles, even though hundreds are already on the road<\/p>\n<p>Autonomous vehicles in San Francisco are exempt from traffic tickets if there is nobody in the driver\u2019s seat, according to the San Francisco police department (SFPD), underscoring ongoing legal and safety concerns surrounding the expanding technology. California law has not caught up to the cars, even though they are already on the road, say public safety agencies and experts.<\/p>\n<p>SFPD policy states that officers can make a traffic stop of autonomous vehicles (AVs) for violations, but can only issue a citation if there is a safety driver in the vehicle overseeing its operations. Since June 2022, autonomous vehicles have been permitted to operate without safety drivers as long as they are inside the city limits. Officers can issue citations to the registered owner of an unoccupied vehicle in absentia for non-moving violations such as parking or registration offenses but not violations like speeding, running a red light, driving in the wrong lane or making an illegal turn.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/jan\/04\/self-driving-cars-exempt-traffic-tickets-san-francisco-autonomous-vehicle\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e99183ea727360bb8b43b48eb67fda7700730c4c\/254_270_1616_970\/master\/1616.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ff2caaa7d53acd8ea9a7996afcace42f\" title=\"Why are self-driving cars exempt from traffic tickets in San Francisco?\" \/>Laws in the state have yet to catch up to autonomous vehicles, even though hundreds are already on the road<br \/>\nAutonomous vehicles in San Francisco are exempt from traffic tickets if there is nobody in the driver\u2019s seat, according to the San Francisco police department (SFPD), underscoring ongoing legal and safety concerns surrounding the expanding technology. California law has not caught up to the cars, even though they are already on the road, say public safety agencies and experts.<br \/>\nSFPD policy states that officers can make a traffic stop of autonomous vehicles (AVs) for violations, but can only issue a citation if there is a safety driver in the vehicle overseeing its operations. Since June 2022, autonomous vehicles have been permitted to operate without safety drivers as long as they are inside the city limits. Officers can issue citations to the registered owner of an unoccupied vehicle in absentia for non-moving violations such as parking or registration offenses but not violations like speeding, running a red light, driving in the wrong lane or making an illegal turn. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laws in the state have yet to catch up to autonomous vehicles, even though hundreds are already on the road Autonomous vehicles in San Francisco are exempt from traffic tickets if there is nobody in the driver\u2019s seat, according to the San Francisco police department (SFPD), underscoring ongoing legal and safety concerns surrounding the expanding &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/04\/why-are-self-driving-cars-exempt-from-traffic-tickets-in-san-francisco\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why are self-driving cars exempt from traffic tickets in San Francisco?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12827"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}