The Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution Act, or “SELF DRIVE” Act is on its way to the U.S. Senate for action.
What woud the bill do?
- The Self Drive Act would increase that cap for exemptions to the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) federal motor vehicle safety standards to 25,000 per year initially
- The cap would be expanded it up to 100,000 annually in 3 years
- Allows all 50 states to innovate on self-driving technology
- Prohibits states from making self driving car testing too restrictive, like New Yorks’ requirement that a test car have a police escort
Supports, like the The Self Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, a lobbying group that includes Google, Ford, Uber, Lyft, Volvo, and more, say:
- very good news for the auto industry
- opportunity to do significant testing
- will allow all the research that’s required to make sure that this is truly a step forward in road safety
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