Stop Waymo’s Autonomous Vehicles from Spreading in New Jersey

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Stop Waymo’s Autonomous Vehicles from Spreading in New Jersey

Governor Phil Murphy, New Jersey Department of Transportation, NJ Motor Vehicle Commission, New Jersey State Legislature, NJ State's Attorney General, and NJ Comptroller

Waymo, a company owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, has been granted testing access for its autonomous vehicles on the busy, unpredictable streets of Jersey City and Hoboken. New Jersey doesn’t yet allow fully autonomous vehicles to operate commercially on public roads, but that could change soon.

We demand:

A full ban on autonomous vehicle testing on New Jersey streets.
A ban on autonomous vehicles from being allowed to do business in New Jersey. Our app workers deserve jobs, not automation.
Investments in public transit, infrastructure, and app worker protections—not reckless tech experiments.

Sign the petition now. Tell our leaders: Protect our streets. Protect our jobs. Say NO to autonomous vehicles.

Why should New Jersey make these changes?

New Jersey is one of the most complex and densely populated urban environments in the world. Driverless cars pose a threat to all of us on New Jersey’s streets.
Driverless cars have caused traffic disruptions, blocked emergency responders, made dangerous stops, and caused accidents, injuries, and even deaths where they've been allowed to operate.
Job losses are a looming threat for New Jersey rideshare and delivery workers
Public oversight is minimal, and AV companies aren’t required to inform or seek consent from the communities they operate in

Although Waymo was granted testing access, we do not want this to continue. And we do not want testing to open the door for autonomous vehicles being allowed to run in New Jersey in the coming years. We say: Not in New Jersey. Not at the expense of our safety, jobs, and communities.

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New York, NY

To: Governor Phil Murphy, New Jersey Department of Transportation, NJ Motor Vehicle Commission, New Jersey State Legislature, NJ State's Attorney General, and NJ Comptroller
From: [Your Name]

We, the undersigned, call for an immediate halt to Waymo’s autonomous vehicle testing on the streets of New Jersey.

Our state is one of the most complex and densely populated urban environments in the world. New Jersey is no place for experimental self-driving cars.

Waymo’s track record in other cities has already raised serious safety and accountability concerns. From abrupt stops and traffic disruptions to documented cases of autonomous vehicles endangering emergency responders and blocking intersections, we cannot afford to allow these experiments to risk lives in our communities.

We demand:

1. A full ban on autonomous vehicle testing on New Jersey streets. Our streets are not test labs for billion-dollar tech corporations.

2. A ban on autonomous vehicles from being allowed to do business in New Jersey. Thousands of New Jersey residents make their living as professional for-hire vehicle and delivery drivers. These workers are essential to New Jersey and should have the ability to work and keep their jobs. We refuse to create a pathway for companies to take away their income and hurt our communities.

Instead of fast-tracking a rollout that puts corporate interests ahead of public safety, we urge our city and state leaders to prioritize investments in public transit, infrastructure, and worker protections, not driverless cars.

New Jersey should lead with safety, transparency, and accountability, not reckless tech experimentation.

Please listen to your constituents and protect our streets, our families, and our future.

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