Overview

• Driverless cars in California, such as those from Waymo and Cruise, cannot be ticketed for moving violations due to current state law.
• San Francisco Police Department's policy states that no citation for a moving violation can be issued if the autonomous vehicle is being operated in a driverless mode.
• Police officers can pull over a driverless car for a traffic violation and take down information, but can only issue tickets for mechanical or registration violations.
• Other states like Texas and Arizona have updated their vehicle codes to allow officers to cite companies for moving violations by vehicles the companies own.
• California is expected to suggest legislation changes to the Vehicle Code to include moving violation tickets for autonomous cars.