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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, @01:46PM (1 child)
Yes, count me in the camp of those who will be holding onto our manual drive cars for as long as possible.
(Proofreading is important!) :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 08 2017, @02:02PM
The ironic part is in 30 years, he'll probably be correct. Self driving cars will likely go the way of the horseless carriage. "Car" will mean what we'd call a self driving vehicle, but a self driving vehicle will probably be one of those quaint cars you can control manually yourself.