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Does this kind of car mods render the vehicle illegal to drive on public roads?
by devy 8y ago
Does this kind of car mods render the vehicle illegal to drive on public roads?
- frk1206 8y agoIANAL but dont think so - otherwise all self driving car companies would be illegal :) I would imagine this doesn't make it anymore illegal than modifying your tires/suspension/ECU does. It most likely voids your manufacturer warranty while this thing is hooked up.
- devy 8y agoObviously IANAL either. But it appears to me that self driving car companies acquires permits/exempts for their highly modified production vehicles from the state DMVs to be able to drive on the public roads. And most of them have to submit year-end reports [1][2] Geohot's comma.ai (mostly himself) had tried to pull this off in 2016 but no avail.[3] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/13/17235788/waymo-permit-fully-driverless-car-california https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/13/17235788/waymo-permit-ful... [2] https://qz.com/863718/uber-received-a-stern-letter-from-the-california-dmv-telling-it-to-cease-operating-its-self-driving-cars/ https://qz.com/863718/uber-received-a-stern-letter-from-the-... [3] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-selfdriving-safety-idUSKCN12S1ON https://www.reuters.com/article/us-selfdriving-safety-idUSKC...