Don’t Let Congress Put Dangerous Self-driving Cars on the Road at the Cost of Human Lives
Self-driving cars are not as safe as their proponents say, and legislation would allow them to get on the road without sufficient safety requirements. Do you remember last March when Elaine Herzberg, a pedestrian walking her bike across a road in Tempe, Arizona, was...
Robotic-Car Law Hits Roadblock in Senate
A group representing trial lawyers is putting up roadblocks to a self-driving car bill in the U.S. Senate, objecting to a lack of protections that would ensure the right to sue if someone is hurt or killed in a self-driving car. Supporters of the measure championed by...
Intuition: It’s what self-driving cars lack
I spent several days in 1996 riding on Swedish highways with Christer Gustafsson, longtime chief of Volvo's safety research department. One day he told me he had never had an accident. “I guess I have spent so much time studying crash scenes I think I just avoid...
Self-Driving Cars Need the Public’s Buy-in
SAE International has been tasked by the federal government with devising standards around the development and deployment of self-driving vehicles. But what good are rules if John Q. Public is too scared to get inside a robocar in the first place? That's why, in...
On Landmark Autonomous Vehicle Bill, Dozens of Safety Advocates Urge Congress Not to Rush Forward
Seventy stakeholders have signed a letter addressed to the U.S. Senate advocating for a more careful debate before passage of the AV START Act. A group of automotive safety advocates, academics and former government officials convened via phone this week to lobby...