House Passes Self-Driving Car Bill
Posted on Sep 7, 2017 in Industry News | Comments Off on House Passes Self-Driving Car Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the SELF DRIVE Act, federal legislation governing self-driving cars. As previously noted, the bill would exempt up to 100,000 autonomous vehicles from existing federal safety rules, and would instead require the U.S. Department of Transportation to develop new standards for autonomous vehicles. The DOT would have authority over testing of...
How Highly Automated Vehicles Will Drive Legal Change
Posted on Aug 7, 2017 in Industry News, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on How Highly Automated Vehicles Will Drive Legal Change
Those watching the automated vehicle industry expect a shift in the next few decades from humans driving cars with some automated functions to fully or near-fully autonomous vehicles that need limited or no human driver involvement. When highly automated vehicles are prevalent on the road, the legal risks associated with manufacturing cars and driving them will naturally be allocated...
House Committee Moves Forward with Autonomous Vehicle Bill
Posted on Jul 28, 2017 in Industry News | Comments Off on House Committee Moves Forward with Autonomous Vehicle Bill
The Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would establish federal guidelines for the development of self-driving cars. The bill would allow auto manufacturers to deploy up to 100,000 driverless cars per year without meeting existing auto safety standards. (For example, these vehicles may not have to have a steering wheel and floor...
No Driverless Cars in India?
Posted on Jul 26, 2017 in Uncategorized | Comments Off on No Driverless Cars in India?
The transport minister of India recently stated that the country would not allow driverless cars. India’s Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways, and Shipping stated, “We are not going to promote any technology or policy that will render people jobless.” Instead, he said that the ministry would open driver training institutes and develop its own driver aggregation app in order to...
House Subcommittee Panel Unanimously Approves Self-Driving Legislation
Posted on Jul 20, 2017 in Insurance Regulation, Technology Impacting Auto Insurance | Comments Off on House Subcommittee Panel Unanimously Approves Self-Driving Legislation
The Energy and Commerce Committee’s Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection panel unanimously approved a bill that would be Congress’s first attempt at adopting laws for autonomous vehicles. The bill’s bipartisan support was due in part to the Republican leadership’s adoption of Democratic proposals on safety oversight by federal regulators. In essence, the bill would allow...
