Local TREND. Local Rules for Reporting. Ride Share. 3 Points from the Rules. state preemption Loophole.

Where: Pittsburgh, PA

Why? Without a police report or accident report, there is no knowledge of accidents involving ride share and autonomous car companies

What are the parameters for local rules being considered in Pittsburgh?

  • encourage autonomous vehicle companies to self-report certain non-fatal traffic incidents
  • the goal: transparency

Where does the loophole come in? State laws that address TNCs but local ordinances apply to reporting to all incidents involving all subsisdiaries of a company that operates autonomous vehicles

Pittsburgh Post Gazette | Following Uber sidewalk incident, Pittsburgh drafting better reporting rules for self-driving cars