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I wonder if these vehicles are programmed to pull over when cops flash their lights/sirens? Do they accept tickets? Can they be towed without the vehicle rebelling (har!)?

Interested in how enforcement by the DMV would work beyond working with Uber at the corporate level.

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They have drivers on board which probably don't want to deal with the consequences of not reacting to police.

Is the possibility that the car could be driving autonomous enough to pull them over, and how to actually prove that was? (Presumably having self-driving hardware fitted isn't illegal, just using it might be?)

According to the DMV, having self-driving hardware is enough to require a permit (the permit that Uber doesn't have / claims they don't need).

If the police want to sidestep that argument, I'm sure the police could find something like "failure be in control of the vehicle" to cite the drivers with, if they see that they're not touching the wheel.

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