5 Issues Tech Companies have with Driverless Car Regulations and Laws

California is revising its driverless car regulations. Read the proposed regulations. 

California’s proposed driverless car regulations prompted the following concerns:

• elimination of language that holds the driverless car manufacturer liable for any crash its vehicle causes on a public road.
• allow paying riders in test cars
• rules should also cover the testing of freight trucks
• rules should be expanded with protections for proprietary information
• remove a requirement that data recorders collect information for at least five seconds after a collision with another vehicle or until the driverless car comes to a complete stop
• authorize the testing of “heavy” vehicles that might carry freight or shuttle passengers
• insurers question updated language that shifts the responsibility for vehicle software updates from the manufacturer to the owner.

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