In a
blog post last month, we covered the announcement of the
Self-Driving Coalition for Safer Streets, a lobbyist group
with the aim of removing any legal or regulatory hurdles that might
slow the development or deployment of self-driving, fully
autonomous vehicles. The members of the coalition include some of
the biggest players in the quickly developing autonomous vehicle
industry, including Google, Ford, Volvo, Lyft, and Uber. One of the
biggest fears for the coalition members and other industry
participants is the creation of a patchwork of inconsistent state
laws and regulations.
At an automotive conference held earlier this month in a Detroit
suburb, Mark Rosekind, Administrator of the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, explained that NHTSA will not stand
in the way of states passing laws and regulations to address
self-driving vehicles.
