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posted by n1 on Saturday June 17 2017, @10:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the safety-first dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

The arrival of autonomous vehicles (AV, or self-driving vehicles) on the public highways is getting closer. Just this month (June 2017), Nutonomy announced a partnership with Lyft for R&D on its existing AV testing on the streets of Boston. Lyft announced yesterday that by 2025 it will provide "at least 1 billion rides per year using electric autonomous vehicles." Also this week, Japanese robotics firm ZMP announced its plan to have an AV taxi on the streets of Tokyo in time for the 2020 Olympics. The need for AV regulation is pressing.

The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee responded Tuesday by releasing bipartisan principles for AV legislation ahead of a Wednesday hearing titled 'Paving the way for self-driving vehicles.' The authors of the principles, U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), plan to introduce legislation, but have so far set neither a date nor deadline for this.

The principles focus on safety, promoting innovation, tech-neutral legislation, clarification over federal and state responsibilities, public education, and -- of course -- cybersecurity. The last is minimal. The document states that cybersecurity must be included 'from the very beginning of their development,' and that "Legislation must address the connectivity of self-driving vehicles and potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities before they compromise safety."

Source: SecurityWeek


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by hendrikboom on Saturday June 17 2017, @11:43PM (4 children)

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Saturday June 17 2017, @11:43PM (#527203) Homepage Journal

    They could mean DRM. But they more likely mean for it not to be possible to take control of someone's car without permission while it's barrelling down a busy expressway.

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  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by c0lo on Sunday June 18 2017, @12:58AM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday June 18 2017, @12:58AM (#527236) Journal

    But they more likely mean for it not to be possible to take control of someone's car without permission while it's barrelling down a busy expressway.

    What about getting safely (for the rest of the traffic) to the next highway exit and barrelling it down into a disused quarry with the congresscritter inside? Or drive into the dessert for all the remaining fuel. Or find some water deep enough...

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @01:34AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 18 2017, @01:34AM (#527255)

      drive into the dessert

      Mmm...pudding...Ice cream...linzer tarts....mmmmm....dessert.

  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday June 18 2017, @01:58AM

    by frojack (1554) on Sunday June 18 2017, @01:58AM (#527266) Journal

    not to be possible to take control of someone's car

    This.
    If even 3% of vehicles could be remotely controlled you could shut down every freeway or busy city route on a moments notice.

    As soon as it was determined that Jeeps could be remotely commandeered that model should have been ordered off the roadway nation wide.
    Instead we have parking lots full of Volkswagen Diesels waiting for software fixes and cars with takata airbags still driving around.

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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by kaszz on Sunday June 18 2017, @05:00AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Sunday June 18 2017, @05:00AM (#527339) Journal

    DRM will be great when your car is taken over and you find out the backseat is filled with rapidly decomposing gel and the infotainment says something about Akbar all over.