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United States House Republicans expect to introduce bills later this week that would bar states from setting their own rules for self-driving cars and take other steps to remove obstacles to putting such vehicles on the road, a spokeswoman said.
The legislative action comes as major automakers are joining forces with auto suppliers and other groups to prod Congress into action.
Last month, a US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce subcommittee held a hearing on a Republican draft package of 14 bills that would allow US regulators to exempt up to 100,000 vehicles a year per manufacturer from federal motor vehicle safety rules that prevent the sale of self-driving vehicles without human controls.
[...] GM, Alphabet Inc., Tesla Inc., and others have been lobbying Congress to pre-empt rules under consideration in California and other states that could limit self-driving vehicle deployment.
As the number of self-driving cars on the road grows, will drivers proceeding on manual game the self-driving algorithms and lead to a ban on non-self-driving cars?
(Score: 1) by terrab0t on Tuesday August 08 2017, @06:08AM (2 children)
There should be permanent rules preventing the sale of self‐driving vehicles with human controls. Human controls imply the manufacturers are providing self‐driving functionality but expecting a human sitting at the controls to remain attentive and handle any problems. That’s an accident waiting to happen.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 08 2017, @01:33PM
> expecting a human sitting at the controls to remain attentive and handle any problems.
Nope, this isn't what seems to be happening for cars that are lower than SAE Level 5 (full autonomy). Instead, the car "decides" in advance whether it can make the trip or not, at the time of route selection. If not, the driver/person has to drive and the self-driving system is inactive (but other driver aids like blind-spot detection and smart cruise control will still work.)
Speculation -- you could break the trip up into segments and the self-driving feature may be able to handle most of them--but it will stop and have you take over for the hard bits.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday August 08 2017, @07:20PM
No that's simply not true. It simply provides for operating the vehicle in places where computerized driving is either not practical or simply not possible.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.