California bill aims to put more human operators on robotaxis like Waymo’s; company says proposal would be crippling

2026-04-10 16:58 • ;Marc Vartabedian
A Silicon Valley lawmaker wants to require robotaxis like Google’s Waymo to hire local human operators to be on standby in case the system goes haywire, like it did when a recent blackout in San Francisco created a logjam of paralyzed robot cars.  State Sen. David Cortese, D-San Jose, described his proposed SB 1246 bill...
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