Google calls on US to shake-up self-driving car laws

Google self-driving car chief has urged the law makers to ensure that US must set consistent laws for technology. Chris Urmson has told a Senate hearing that the US Transport Secretary must be given the authority over the matter rather than leaving it for the individual states. He has also reiterated the company’s view that it will be safer if the passengers are not able to override the autonomous systems of the vehicle.

This contrasts with the views of the California’s regulator. The state department of motor vehicles has published the draft rules in December which say that a trained human should still be able to take the control. Mr Urmson has noted that twenty three states have now set a total of fifty three pieces of legislation related to the self-driving vehicles & some of which are at odds with each other.

They are currently facing a growing patchwork of state laws & the regulations on self-driving cars which has a potential to become unworkable as said by Mr Urmson. If every state is allowed to go its own way, it will be very impractical to operate an autonomous vehicle across the state boundaries. This view was supported at a Senate Commerce Committee by the pick-up service Lyft that has partnered with the General Motors in order to develop their driverless cars.

The worst possible scenario for the growth of the autonomous vehicles is an inconsistent & conflicting patchwork of the local, municipal & the county laws which will hamper the efforts to bring the autonomous vehicle technology to the market as said by Joseph Okpaku who is the Lyft’s director of public policy. He said that the regulations are essential, but regulatory restraint & the consistency is equally as necessary if we are allowing the industry to reach to the full potential.

Prof Missy Cummings from Duke University has also added that she thinks that the self-driving car community has been deficient in a way that it had carried out the experiments to date. Another big problem with the self-driving cars is their vulnerability to the malevolent and even the prankster intent. For example, it is relatively easier to spoof the GPS of the self-driving vehicles that includes hacking into the systems & driving them off course. Additionally, some recent researches have shown that 60 dollar laser device can trick the self-driving cars into the sensing objects which are not there.

Google self-driving car chief has urged the law makers to ensure that US must set consistent laws for technology. Chris Urmson has told a Senate hearing that the US Transport Secretary must be given the authority over the matter rather than leaving it for the individual states. He has also reiterated the company’s view that it will be safer if the passengers are not able to override the autonomous systems of the vehicle.

This contrasts with the views of the California’s regulator. The state department of motor vehicles has published the draft rules in December which say that a trained human should still be able to take the control. Mr Urmson has noted that twenty three states have now set a total of fifty three pieces of legislation related to the self-driving vehicles & some of which are at odds with each other.

They are currently facing a growing patchwork of state laws & the regulations on self-driving cars which has a potential to become unworkable as said by Mr Urmson. If every state is allowed to go its own way, it will be very impractical to operate an autonomous vehicle across the state boundaries. This view was supported at a Senate Commerce Committee by the pick-up service Lyft that has partnered with the General Motors in order to develop their driverless cars.

The worst possible scenario for the growth of the autonomous vehicles is an inconsistent & conflicting patchwork of the local, municipal & the county laws which will hamper the efforts to bring the autonomous vehicle technology to the market as said by Joseph Okpaku who is the Lyft’s director of public policy. He said that the regulations are essential, but regulatory restraint & the consistency is equally as necessary if we are allowing the industry to reach to the full potential.

Prof Missy Cummings from Duke University has also added that she thinks that the self-driving car community has been deficient in a way that it had carried out the experiments to date. Another big problem with the self-driving cars is their vulnerability to the malevolent and even the prankster intent. For example, it is relatively easier to spoof the GPS of the self-driving vehicles that includes hacking into the systems & driving them off course. Additionally, some recent researches have shown that 60 dollar laser device can trick the self-driving cars into the sensing objects which are not there.

Google self-driving car chief has urged the law makers to ensure that US must set consistent laws for technology. Chris Urmson has told a Senate hearing that the US Transport Secretary must be given the authority over the matter rather than leaving it for the individual states. He has also reiterated the company’s view that it will be safer if the passengers are not able to override the autonomous systems of the vehicle.

This contrasts with the views of the California’s regulator. The state department of motor vehicles has published the draft rules in December which say that a trained human should still be able to take the control. Mr Urmson has noted that twenty three states have now set a total of fifty three pieces of legislation related to the self-driving vehicles & some of which are at odds with each other.

They are currently facing a growing patchwork of state laws & the regulations on self-driving cars which has a potential to become unworkable as said by Mr Urmson. If every state is allowed to go its own way, it will be very impractical to operate an autonomous vehicle across the state boundaries. This view was supported at a Senate Commerce Committee by the pick-up service Lyft that has partnered with the General Motors in order to develop their driverless cars.

The worst possible scenario for the growth of the autonomous vehicles is an inconsistent & conflicting patchwork of the local, municipal & the county laws which will hamper the efforts to bring the autonomous vehicle technology to the market as said by Joseph Okpaku who is the Lyft’s director of public policy. He said that the regulations are essential, but regulatory restraint & the consistency is equally as necessary if we are allowing the industry to reach to the full potential.

Prof Missy Cummings from Duke University has also added that she thinks that the self-driving car community has been deficient in a way that it had carried out the experiments to date. Another big problem with the self-driving cars is their vulnerability to the malevolent and even the prankster intent. For example, it is relatively easier to spoof the GPS of the self-driving vehicles that includes hacking into the systems & driving them off course. Additionally, some recent researches have shown that 60 dollar laser device can trick the self-driving cars into the sensing objects which are not there.

Prof Missy Cummings from Duke University has also added that she thinks that the self-driving car community has been deficient in a way that it had carried out the experiments to date. Another big problem with the self-driving cars is their vulnerability to the malevolent and even the prankster intent. For example, it is relatively easier to spoof the GPS of the self-driving vehicles that includes hacking into the systems & driving them off course. Additionally, some recent researches have shown that 60 dollar laser device can trick the self-driving cars into the sensing objects which are not there.

Prof Missy Cummings from Duke University has also added that she thinks that the self-driving car community has been deficient in a way that it had carried out the experiments to date. Another big problem with the self-driving cars is their vulnerability to the malevolent and even the prankster intent. For example, it is relatively easier to spoof the GPS of the self-driving vehicles that includes hacking into the systems & driving them off course. Additionally, some recent researches have shown that 60 dollar laser device can trick the self-driving cars into the sensing objects which are not there.