Terrifying crashes, baffling trips, broken traffic laws — yet Waymo is driving critics crazy by escaping tickets See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google Waymo robotaxis have escaped a single enforcement notice in Los Angeles during the first month California police were given the power to cite autonomous vehicle companies for traffic violations. This is despite a string of viral incidents showing the driverless cars blocking roads, trapping motorists and breaking traffic laws. The new regulations, which took effect July 1, allow law enforcement to issue non-compliance notices to autonomous vehicle manufacturers for traffic offenses. The California Department of Motor Vehicles championed the move as a way to increase oversight of the driverless car industry, calling the framework “the strongest in the country” and promising it would “help ensure accountability and public safety as the AV industry continues to grow in California.” So far, though, police have shown little appetite for using their new powers — unless Waymo robotaxis really are better behaved than their viral reputation suggests. The California Post can reveal DMV records show the Los Angeles Police Department did not issue a single non-compliance notice to Waymo LLC or any other robotaxi company in the first month of the new regulations. While Waymo robotaxis did not receive a non-compliance notice over the last four weeks in Los Angeles, their track record does not paint the autonomous vehicles as perfect drivers. In May, a woman was trapped in her vehicle for nearly 50 minutes after two Waymos cut her off and refused to move at a traffic light, forcing her to call 911. She was only freed after one of the Waymos reversed, giving her enough space to drive out with the assistance of another motorist. The month before, a