““The court system is currently unable to process traffic citations for AVs with no human operator. If the vehicle violates a traffic law, where a citation would be warranted, the officer must write a report providing the details surrounding the incident and the law that was violated.”

“So it looks like there are two sets of rules out there -- one for people and the other for robots,” Chris Timmons, a partner with the law firm Knowels Gallant and Timmons, said.”

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“Different rules for humans and robots? APD says court system cannot process citations for Waymo”

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