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NHTSA Reviews Safety Practices for Self-Driving Cars
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is searching for possible conflicts between federal vehicle safety standards and the impending rollout of hands-free driving systems from General Motors, Tesla and others.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is searching for possible conflicts between federal vehicle safety standards and the impending rollout of hands-free driving systems from General Motors, Tesla and others.
NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind notes a blurry distinction between state and federal laws that apply to autonomous vehicles, including cars currently being tested on public roads. He expects the agency inevitably will set rules on the safety of self-driving vehicles.
Systems that can drive a car automatically in virtually all conditions are years away. But carmakers will begin introducing more limited systems, such as those that operate only in bumper-to-bumper traffic or on expressways, over the next year.
Today, Rosekind points out, there are no standards governing how automatic driving systems alert the driver to nearby hazards or warn about a problem that requires human intervention. Also unclear is how well cars with automatic driving features will coexist with older vehicles that lack such capabilities.
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