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