[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Teamsters California sues DMV over autonomous truck rules Lawsuit claims new regulations threaten 200,000 employee trucking jobs Staff Reporter Key Takeaways: - Teamsters California filed an Aug. 5 lawsuit seeking to overturn DMV regulations allowing heavy-duty autonomous vehicle testing and deployment. - The union argues the DMV failed to properly assess and disclose the regulations' economic impacts before adoption. - California officials said the revised rules would advance autonomous vehicle development while enhancing safety and transparency. Teamsters California is suing the state Department of Motor Vehicles to stop its amended regulations allowing permits to test and use heavy-duty autonomous vehicles. The union group filed a 34-page lawsuit Aug. 5 asking the state Superior Court in Alameda County to set aside the changed regulations, declare the rules lack clarity and generally stop enforcement. “Every day brings new evidence that Waymo robotaxis are putting public safety at risk, and those dangers scale up exponentially with trucks that are up to 16 times heavier and moving at highway speeds,” said Peter Finn, vice president at large of Teamsters California, which represents 250,000 union workers. The Teamsters contend the DMV circumvented laws requiring it to evaluate and release public information about the economic impact of allowing self-driving heavy trucks on state roadways. “Such a critical decision with life-and-death consequences must involve public input and transparency — that is why Teamsters California is taking the DMV to court and demanding California follow the law and thoroughly study the consequences of allowing 80,000-pound driverless vehicles on our roads before actually permitting them,” Finn added. Today, Teamsters California, sued the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) saying the agency circumvented laws requiring the agency to study and publicly disclose the economic impacts of allowing self-driving trucks