The 'Self Drive' Act puts America on the road to reducing congestion

Re:The 'Self Drive' Act puts America on the road to reducing... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @02:14PM (#15185839)

The differences from state to state are typically minor and not incompatible. Most states derive their requirements from federal standards/recommendations anyway.

Current manufactures only offer two versions of cars. One is for most states. The other is for a particular state and all the other states on the "I'm with him" bandwagon.

If a certain state would adopt federal recommendations for certain vehicle requirements then things would be greatly simplified.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The 'Self Drive' Act puts America on the road to reducing... by Johnny555 on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @02:25PM (#15185930)

The differences from state to state are typically minor and not incompatible

How can you say that when not all states have even enacted legislation to regulate self-driving cars?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Self_Driving_Cars_Legaliz...

Even minor changes between states are expensive for automakers to manage, and it's bad for consumers if some manufacturers choose to certify their cars for certain states -- you could end up buying a car that you not only can't legally take to another state, but the car will refuse to go there at all to avoid manufacturer liability.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The 'Self Drive' Act puts America on the road to reducing... by ocdtrekkie on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @03:11PM (#15186297)

There's very few situations where a car wouldn't be legal to drive in another state. For one, states are generally expected to respect other state's certification and licensing. Additionally, short of the hallmark "cars which have no steering wheels", which likely just won't work outside their programmed area anyways, you could just drive the car normally when in a state which doesn't support it.

[ Parent | on HN ]