I don't pretend to know Californian law, but in the UK it would be dead easy.
Police: Is it self driving?
Uber: No we have a driver monitoring it.
Police: So the driver is in full control with hands on wheel at all times?
Uber: Errrr
Police. Let us put it this way. If you say he doesn't need his hands on the wheel, it is self driving. If he does need his hands on the wheel, then he and all the other drivers will be prosecuted.
Uber...errr it's the driver fault. Yes, drivers fault.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
