Google’s Self-Drive Car Almost Broke the Law, No One Was Fined

A policeman stops Google’s self-driving car in California. Is it too slow for the law?

Google self-drive car. (Photo: Reuters)

You may often have wondered who gets the ticket when a police officer stops a self-driving car, and we got real close to finding out the answer.

Google’s self-driving car was pulled over by a cop at Mountain View, California as it was driving at 24 mph in a 35 mph zone.

When this photo was tweeted by David Weekly, a Google Employee, the company took to Google+ to explain itself better.

According to Google, these cars are capped at 25 mph (approximately 40 km/h) for safety reasons.

It turns out that under the California Vehicle Code, the car fell under “neighbourhood electric vehicles” and could be operated on roadways with speed limits at or under 35 mph, according to the police department’s blog post.

So we still don’t know who gets the ticket in situations such like these where a self-driving car breaks the law.

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