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U.S. House Unanimously Approves Sweeping Self-Driving Car Measure

posted by takyon on Thursday September 07 2017, @11:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the autonomous-legislature dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The U.S. House on Wednesday unanimously approved a sweeping proposal to speed the deployment of self-driving cars without human controls by putting federal regulators in the driver's seat and barring states from blocking autonomous vehicles.

The House measure, the first significant federal legislation aimed at speeding self-driving cars to market, would allow automakers to obtain exemptions to deploy up to 25,000 vehicles without meeting existing auto safety standards in the first year. The cap would rise over three years to 100,000 vehicles annually.

How will the young impress each other with their mad driving skillz now?

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Friday September 08 2017, @02:13AM (1 child)

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday September 08 2017, @02:13AM (#564886)

    It's merely there so states can't interfere with interstate commerce between other states, not to give the federal government power over all interstate commerce.

    Then why is it that it quite explicitly gives the federal government power over all interstate commerce? Here's the original language:
    "The Congress shall have power ... To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;"

    Actually, the current judicial precedent is that not only does it give the feds power over interstate commerce, it can sometimes give the feds power over local commerce if it might indirectly affect interstate commerce. That interpretation I think is pretty reasonable to dispute. But you're arguing against the plain language of the text, which is just silly.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @04:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 08 2017, @04:53PM (#565194)

    I agree that the feds regulating intrastate commerce is an obvious over-reach.