[Nfbc-info] Driverless Car Regulations Update

[Chad Allen]

	If there is an opportunity to do so, the affiliate could consider aiding in the passage of a California Resolution in our State legislature. 


Best regards,


Chad 


> On Nov 29, 2015, at 11:34 AM, Mary Willows via Nfbc-info <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> What are you suggesting?  Doesn't the NFB already have people working on
> this project?  Monitoring progress?  Working for Google?
> MW
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tim Elder
> via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2015 1:45 PM
> To: 'NFB of California List'
> Cc: Tim Elder; Bryan Bashin
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Driverless Car Regulations Update
> 
> Our affiliate ought to keep an eye on the below Driverless Car regulations
> and ensure we are aligning with Google's approach.  There should not be a
> requirement that a licensed driver be behind the wheel.  Now is the time to
> pay attention to this issue.
> 
> 
> 
> . . .
> California's Department of Motor Vehicles in particular has asked for
> federal guidance as it struggles with how to move the cars safely from
> small-scale road tests to broader adoption. In a written statement Monday,
> U.S. Department of Transportation spokeswoman Suzanne Emmerling said that
> with rapid development of the technology, federal policy is being updated.
> "Breathtaking progress has been made," Emmerling wrote. She said
> Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx ordered his department's National
> Highway Traffic Safety Administration to update its 2013 policy "to reflect
> today's technology and his sense of urgency to bring innovation to our roads
> that will make them safer. It's unclear what the new policy will be, but the
> tone of the statement signaled that Foxx is interested in endorsing the
> technology. Language that the agency is revisiting specifies that in states
> where the public can get access to the cars, a licensed driver should be
> behind the wheel. Google has argued that once cars can drive as safely as
> humans, it would be better to remove the steering wheel and pedals so that
> people don't mess up the ride. A Google spokesman had no comment on word of
> the federal review. The California State Transportation Agency has
> interpreted the 2013 federal guidance as urging caution. The federal update
> "reaffirms that the topic is evolving and one worthy of continued discussion
> and public input," spokeswoman Melissa Figueroa said. She said the
> Department of Motor Vehicles is working to publish draft regulations by
> year's end.
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