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There are many embarrassing things about the US government, but giving every bill a lame backronym (SELF DRIVE = "Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Re
by tlb 9y ago
There are many embarrassing things about the US government, but giving every bill a lame backronym (SELF DRIVE = "Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research In Vehicle Evolution") is right up there.
Just call it the "Self Driving Vehicles" act.
- existencebox 9y agoIt's always irked me how the naming is often deceptive or manipulative. I've often considered what would be different if it were in some way mandated to use the "UID" names, but came to realize people would just assign a canonical names ala Obamacare regardless. Whether or not letting the bill-writer "get ahead of this' and make up their own name is an improvement, I can't say. A shame in this case since I've become inclined to distrust anything named in such a way, but the underlying bill seems to support a few reasonable things, at a glance. (privacy and security plans and disclosures for manufacturers of automated vehicles, among other things, and a regulatory body for overseeing this)
- burkaman 9y agoYes this one is especially forced. The bill itself is very reasonable though, and not so strict as to discourage development. It's very refreshing to see a reasonable, important, bipartisan bill that passed out of committee unanimously. There's more information here: https://energycommerce.house.gov/selfdrive/ https://energycommerce.house.gov/selfdrive/