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Question: Does this undermine California's safety standards for self-driving cars? I was very pleased with how quickly California slapped down Uber. Will Califo
by cjensen 9y ago
Question: Does this undermine California's safety standards for self-driving cars? I was very pleased with how quickly California slapped down Uber. Will California still be able to do that?
For those who don't remember: Uber was clearly experimenting with unready software on the roads with insufficient safety processes in place. When caught on camera running a red light, Uber blamed the human operator and weasel-worded their pr statement to imply that the car was not in autonomous mode. It in fact was in autonomous mode, and the driver was in observation mode. It's unclear if the failure was due to observer attention failure or lack of training.
- danblick 9y agoYes, it seems to prevent states from having their own safety policies. It makes an exemption for "performance standards" which I guess is omissions. Page 2: http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20170727/106347/BILLS-115-HR3388-L000566-Amdt-9.pdf http://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF00/20170727/106347/BILLS...