It was a first for police in San Bruno when officers stopped a Waymo that made an illegal U-turn over the weekend.
“That’s right… no driver, no hands, no clue,” a post on the department’s Facebook page read.
Police said that the officers contacted the company and informed them of the “glitch,” but they couldn’t issue a ticket because there wasn’t a human driver.
What if this happens in Los Angeles? Do officers have a protocol in place? Captain Mike Bland with the Los Angeles Police Department told KNX News’ Pete Demetriou they’re prepared.
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“We do have a partnership with Waymo that, if there is an incident in regards to one of their vehicles, where there's a technological malfunction or whatever issue, we have a Waymo dispatch center we can call,” he said. “We have an email as well.”
Bland added that they haven’t had a case yet where Waymo violated traffic laws
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