re: When cars are self driving can you still get dwi

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Hypothetical: the radiator goes out and you have to take control. You dont want to in the backseat when it switches control to manual

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No way they wouldn't install a weight sensor to prevent the car from firing or remaining running if there isn't someone in the driver's seat, at least for the first few years (decades?) of self-driving cars and that person would be considered to be in control.

Here's how they keep the DUI gravy train going when self-driving cars become the norm and the "failure to properly signal" fishing expeditions go away: Checkpoints everywhere, comrade.