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Consumer Watch Dog is calling for California DMV to implement new rules regarding accidents with self driving cars. The new rules would:
What do California DMV rules currently require of self driving car accident reporting?
Who is testing self-driving cars in California?
Google will be testing its driverless cars in Austin soon. And, Google wants your feedback, because we all love answering surveys. Austin Business Journal
This week, the New York Times, shared that the problems that driverless cars face is cars with drivers, because ““The real problem is that the car is too safe.”
A partnership between the University of Michigan and motor vehicle companies is funding a 32 acre testing ground tfor self driving cars.
The Mobility Transformation Center is a public-private research institute that includes the testing area.
Elon Musk talked regulations concerning self-driving cars at Herb Allen’s Sun Valley thinkfest. An attendee said, ” “What it must be to have a brain that works like that.”
What do Elon Musk, self driving cars, and regulations have to do with Texas?
Elon Musk made his first foray into policy this session with Tesla dealership issues. Now he’s thinking regulations for self-driving cars. Texas has no laws on self-driving cars. All together now, this means OPPORTUNITIES- contracts,…
After self-driving car regulations failed to pass during the regular legislative session, Google brings self-driving cars to Austin.
No legislation, means no permission necessary for self-driving cars. Google’s cars will have 2 back up human drivers in them at all times and weill be seen in and around Austin.
11: The Number of Self Driving car accidents in California.
California allows testing self driving cars on public roads. 4 of the 50 permitted cars have gotten into accidents since September.
Of the 4 accidents, 2 were caused by the self driving equipment, 2 were caused by the driver operating the self driving car. 0 of the 4 were actually liable for the accidents. There are a lot of bad human drivers in California it seems.
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NYTimes reports on how self driving car features are a reality without legislation addressing self driving cars. lawyers say without aws agaisnt it, these features are likely legal. Five “states” have legalized self driving cars:… Self driving cars are good for Nevada and California, but bring pause when Texas tries to legislate self driving car testing. Google and Automakers don’t appear to want self driving car legislation in Texas. Google registered opposed to Senator Ellis’ SB 1167 that seeks to set up a framework for testing self driving cars in Texas. Why? California was one fo the first states to create a regulatory framework for testing self driving cars. Way back in yesteryear, 2012, California created its landscape for regulating selfd-riving car testing. A regulatory hiccup, in the form of no rulemaking to verify safety, has caused California’s innovativeness to stall. It seems no one can agree on the standards that should be imposed upon automotive makers that determine whether self driving cars are safe for the road. The compe…Self Driving Cars without Legislation
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