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Are self-driving cars legal in the United States by law, or just due to the absence of law? Seems like vehicular traffic has always had fairly tight regulation
by uptown 10y ago
Are self-driving cars legal in the United States by law, or just due to the absence of law? Seems like vehicular traffic has always had fairly tight regulations around their operation, but I'm stunned by the speed at which cars that drive themselves are hitting the road. Sure, we've had cruise-control, and cars have been adding things like auto-braking and lane-assist. Have they just taken that feature-creep further to facilitate self-driving under existing laws? Or are they simply able to do-so because they all necessitate a human driver to supposedly be alert, awake and aware? Maybe I missed it, but to me this just seems like something that would warrant some discussion before self-driving vehicles are allowed on the roads, even if the conclusion is the same.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoWikipedia covers the legal aspects reasonably well, with a map of state laws. "In 2016, 7 states (Nevada, California, Florida, Michigan, Hawaii, Washington, and Tennessee), along with the District of Columbia, have enacted laws for autonomous vehicles." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car#Legislation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car#Legislation
- uptown 10y agoSo basically just spending cash lobbying politicians. Thanks for the link. http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/autos-driverless/ http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/autos-dri...
- jonknee 10y agoInteresting that Pennsylvania is not on this list considering Uber is doing this in Pittsburgh.
- epistemenical 10y agoThere's a pending bill: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/BillInfo.cfm?syear=2015&sind=0&body=S&type=B&bn=1268 http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/BillInfo.cfm?sy....
- chatmasta 10y agoIt's obviously a complicated subject, but here's a good place to start reading about it: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Automated_Driving:_Legislative_and_Regulatory_Action http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/wiki/index.php/Automated_Drivin...
- Digit-Al 10y agoFrom what I gather, autonomous cars are not legal by default in the US, but some (many?) states have now passed laws governing their use.