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Michigan Moves to Approve Fully Driverless Vehicles
Michigan’s Senate has unanimously passed legislation that would allow driverless automated test vehicles to operate on public roads within the state, the Associated Press reports.
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Michigan’s Senate has unanimously passed legislation that would allow driverless automated test vehicles to operate on public roads within the state, the Associated Press reports. Gov. Rick Snyder supports the measures.
Senate Bill 995 would remove a requirement that a driver must be on board and ready to take control of an autonomous test car. Instead, the vehicle can be configured to slow or stop on its own or be capable of being commandeered remotely by researchers.
The bill also would permit the sale of retail driverless cars and allow commercial vehicles to operate automatically in platoons. The measure would further create a Michigan Council on Future Mobility within the state’s department of transportation to make annual policy recommendations.
Michigan is among eight states with laws that permit some form of autonomous-vehicle testing on public roadways. The others are California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, North Dakota, Tennessee and Utah.
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