Legislators, industry leaders agree collaboration key to driverless vehicle adoption

Congressional representatives Darrell Issa and Yvette D. Clarke speak with executives from Aurora, Reef Technology and Argo AI about the adoption of driverless vehicles

It’s no secret that self-driving vehicles are a thing. From trucks to passenger vehicles to middle-mile delivery vans, companies across the transportation industry are doing everything they can to get drivers out of vehicles.

But they can only do so much. Currently, there exists no overarching federal legislation for the regulation of driverless vehicles, with the only framework in place being a patchwork of state-by-state regulations and statutory requirements. That has severely limited their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/legislators-industry-leaders-agree-collaboration-key-to-driverless-vehicle-adoption

IUA calls for new laws on driverless cars

Chris Jones

People using driverless cars should still not take their eyes off the road, if they could be expected to take over the vehicle at short notice in an emergency, the International Underwriting Association (IUA) has stated. Unless a vehicle is highly automated users should be banned from performing other tasks and legally required to monitor their journey.

The association’s views were laid out in response to a consultation exercise on the future of automated vehicles undertaken by the...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/02/12/iua-calls-for-new-laws-on-driverless-cars/

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