After our story on today regarding the US Government having no plans to implement a national policy on self-driving cars, it now seems that this situation is changing. According to a Reuters report from last night, the US Transport Secretary, Anthony Foxx, is going to be in Detroit Monday to discuss the Obama administration's efforts to lay out nationwide guidelines for the introduction of self-driving vehicles. The administration aims to speed up the process of getting autonomous cars on the road, Reuters reports. This is obviously good news for automakers, as without nationwide regulation, autonomous vehicles could be regulated by multiple states according to their own distinct laws, creating a nightmare scenario for carmakers to implement a large-scale roll out of the safety technology.
After our story on Monday regarding the US Government having no plans to implement a national policy on self-driving cars, it now seems that this situation is changing. According to a Reuters report from last night, the US Transport Secretary, Anthony Foxx, is going to be in Detroit today to discuss the Obama administration's efforts to lay out nationwide guidelines for the introduction of self-driving vehicles. The administration aims to speed up the process of getting autonomous cars on the road, Reuters reports. This is obviously good news for automakers, as without nationwide regulation, autonomous vehicles could be regulated by multiple states according to their own distinct laws, creating a nightmare scenario for carmakers to implement a large-scale roll out of the safety technology.