Regulatory Road Block for Self Driving Cars

California was one fo the first states to create a regulatory framework for testing self driving cars. Way back in yesteryear, 2012, California created its landscape for regulating selfd-riving car testing.

A regulatory hiccup, in the form of no rulemaking to verify safety, has caused California’s innovativeness to stall. It seems no one can agree on the standards that should be imposed upon automotive makers that determine whether self driving cars are safe for the road. The competing views are:

• Self driving car makers want to follow the traditional car industry and allow car manufacturers to attest to safety
• Safety advocates want outside entity to verify safety
• Computer Programmers want an outside group to verify the safety of the software code
• Some automakers want federal guidelines

For now the California DMV permits the cars to be tested on public roads but as of yet, car makers cannot move beyond testing. 

WallStreet Journal