by dankeelan | Feb 10, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Regulation
On Wednesday, Congress held its first hearing on autonomous vehicles in over two years, and there was not a lot to show for it. At the end of the four-and-a-half-hour event, there was no indication that lawmakers were any closer to a consensus on how best to regulate...
by dankeelan | Aug 26, 2021 | Autonomous Vehicles, Regulation
An interdisciplinary panel of experts has assessed the risks and potential benefits associated with deploying autonomous vehicles (AVs) on U.S. roads and predicts that the benefits will substantially outweigh potential harms—but only if the AVs are well regulated....
by dankeelan | Nov 19, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Government, Regulation, Safety
U.S. auto safety regulators said Thursday they are opening a formal regulatory proceeding that could eventually result in the adoption of new safety standards for autonomous vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it was issuing an...
by dankeelan | Oct 8, 2020 | Drones, Government, Regulation
You can’t fly a drone at night. You can’t fly a drone over people. You need to be able to see it with your naked eye at all times — or have a dedicated observer who can. These rules exist to keep dumb drones (and reckless pilots) from crashing into people, property,...
by dankeelan | Jul 30, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Regulation
Level 4 autonomous vehicles are those that can take full control of a vehicle under specific conditions, such as in a geo-fenced area, weather, traffic, and road types. While companies like Waymo and Uber are testing systems like this in the US, at the moment, there...
by dankeelan | Feb 20, 2020 | Autonomous Vehicles, Regulation
If you believed the early hype about autonomous cars, we’d all be buying them by now, or at least enjoying the view from autonomously driven ride-sharing vehicles. Needless to say, that hasn’t happened. In fact, the day that becomes a reality seems to get pushed...
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