U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said federal policy on autonomous vehicles will undergo “meaningful” developments in the coming years, saying policy frameworks had not fully caught up with technological developments.
Speaking at the South by Southwest music, technology and film festival (SXSW), Buttigieg said regulation had to set boundaries for self-driving without stifling innovation in an industry that “is still largely in its infancy.”
“It’s okay to allow that experimentation to flourish up until and unless we start seeing a real escalation of some of the safety concerns,” Buttigieg said, adding that limitations on the amount of vehicles each company tests could function as “speed breaks.”
“I think we’re going to see very meaningful developments here in the 2020s,” Buttigieg said.
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