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NHTSA Lays Out Detailed Guidelines on its Driverless Car Policies
2013-06-06 18:09:55| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
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NHTSA Lays Out Detailed Guidelines on its Driverless Car Policies
2013-06-05 16:38:47| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is dealing with the too much too little quandary over how driverless cars should be regulated. NHTSA just issued its most detailed statement on it so far it wants to see drivers testing out these cars to get extra training and special licenses to prove they can safely operate these vehicles on public roads and only test vehicles on roads for now. The agency always warns states to not overdo it with too many specific guidelines..The Article NHTSA Lays Out Detailed Guidelines on its Driverless Car Policies appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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NHTSA Strict on State Testing of Driverless Cars and then Loosens Up
2013-06-01 18:08:51| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is dealing with the tricky issue of what to do exactly about upcoming driverless cars. Agency wants to see very detailed, strict testing by states as technology evolves. But once thats done, NHTSA warns states about imposing too many specific guidelines. NHTSA very enthusiastic about the potential for reducing crashes and highway fatalities with autonomous cars. Agency also being more specific and detailed in how it sees the technology defined five different levels of where its going. Deputy NHTSA Administrator David Friedman said guidelines aimed at advising states on how to ensure that autonomous vehicles can co-exist safely with other vehicles on roads. One issue NHTSA wants to see tested and deal with is how much warning drivers need of a problem that requires them to retake controls of a car that has been driving itself. General Motors had an encouraging statement on the decision check it out and other issues being explored for autonomous cars to make it fairly soon to US roads. The Article NHTSA Strict on State Testing of Driverless Cars and then Loosens Up appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Tesla CEO Supports Googles R&D on Driverless Cars
2013-05-10 04:16:59| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the luxury electric carmaker may add driverless technology to its vehicles and is talking to Google about it. Musk thinks that technologies that can take over for drivers are the next logical step in the evolution of cars. He tends to think of it more like an auto-pilot system than [...]The Article Tesla CEO Supports Googles R&D on Driverless Cars appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Fear of Robo-Cars Stalls Support for Driverless Cars in Oregon
2013-04-22 04:36:00| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Oregon is not going along with neighboring states California and Nevada in supporting driverless cars. House Bill 2428 sought to establish a process for allow the operation of autonomous vehicles in Oregon but it died in committee. Opposition and concern was voiced over having a robotic vehicle controlling what happens on the road. One legislator threw a curveball what if terrorists used a bomb car driven by a drone to pull off the next Boston Marathon-type attack? Another wedge that split up support for the bill was that the Oregon Department of Transportation put out an alternative why not test out a partially automated connected car, and use that test data to go forward later with a driverless car test program? Debate in the state of Oregon was going on around the same time as panelists were exploring the status of driverless cars at the 2013 Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress in Detroit. Christian Schumacher of automotive supplier Continental talked about a driverless car his company is testing. He thinks partially automated cars will on roads in significant numbers by 2016, more highly automated versions by 2020, and driverless by 2025. His peers agreed on the 2025 forecast for driverless cars. Click here to dig into some of the key issues that driverless car technology must hurdle if its going to be adopted around the country. Oregon overall is known for being a libertarian state the state legislature may have been expressing the get big brother off my back sensibility. But Oregon is not the only state where youll hear those concerns expressed. The Article Fear of Robo-Cars Stalls Support for Driverless Cars in Oregon appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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