Publication: San Francisco Curbed
Last week, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 87, a bill that will allow cops to impound robot cars on California public streets.
The bill, written by San Francisco-based Assemblymember Phil Ting, allows law enforcement to do the following:
Remove a vehicle that uses autonomous technology without a valid permit that is required to operate the vehicle on public roads.
The bill would authorize the release of the vehicle after the registered owner of, or person in control of, the autonomous vehicle furnishes the storing law enforcement agency with proof of current registration and a valid driver’s license, and either a valid permit that is required to operate the autonomous vehicle using autonomous technology on public roads or a declaration or sworn statement to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Ting introduced AB 87 in January of 2017, citing “Uber’s illegal debut of autonomous or self-driving vehicles” in December 2016 and accusing the company of “recklessly putting profit before public safety