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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: 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.