- The United States has a set of state laws that independent vehicle companies must comply with.
- The Trump administration indicated its interest in developing a Federal framework for AVS.
- There are some ideas that the government can explore.
As American companies continue their full race to publish fully independent vehicles, the federal government appears to be behind the organization.
Companies such as Waymo, Tesla and others invested intensively in robots must move in a group of state laws, each of which has its own bases regarding self -driving cars.
For example, the Colorado Road Safety Institute does not require the AVS to have responsibility insurance. In California, he does.
AV companies argue that these are inconsistent The rules offer an obstacle to the collective adoption of self -driving cars in the United States.
This is why independent vehicles are one of the areas where companies turn to the federal government for guidance.
“The manufacturers in most industries, especially creators, often say,” I don’t like the organization very much. I want my area to be regulated to a minimum. “Soskin said.” But in the area of autonomous vehicles, we now see manufacturers say: “You know what? It will be great for the federal government to play a greater role here in the United States.”
Soskin was the Inspector General of DOT for a period of four years after his candidacy by President Donald Trump in 2020. He was among the 18 IGS who were expelled in January, when the second Trump administration underwent rapid discounts in federal spending under the supervision of the Ministry of Governmental efficiency.
Soskin refused to comment on his termination.
The Association of Self -Government – Consortium has issued companies that explore AVS, including Alphabet’s Waymo and Volkswagen – a proposal for a federal policy framework in an attempt to “accelerate the publication and marketing of self -government vehicle technology.”
The group said that the framework provides recommendations for safety, transparency, accountability and leadership progress.
the Trump administration It is also said that he is looking into reduced rules about independent vehicles, including reporting requirements by the National Traffic Safety Administration on Highway Traffic, according to Bloomberg.
When setting federal bases for self -driving cars, Soskin notes that the point can enact some procedures while others may require Congress or the president.
Allocating these limits, Soskin has provided some methods and regions that the government can address at the age of a federal framework.
Performance standards
Soskin said that the organization of independent vehicle companies by setting “performance standards” that they reach instead of implementing specific rules that manufacturers must follow can be a balanced way to encourage innovation with technology safely.
These criteria can address the issues that countries and consumers feel, such as the extent of vehicles being able to discover other things in their environment, in general, how AVS knows what is happening on the road.
An example of this is how to choose car companies to provide their cars to the National Road Transport Safety Administration to obtain official safety categories. Then these classifications are used for advertising for consumers vehicle safety.
“Performing standards, or hitting some signs, will be more effective in encouraging different ways to obtain a solution,” he said.
Cyber security and privacy
Self -government vehicle companies often connect how self -driving cars are safer than humans driven. In order for the government to understand how true, companies will need to share a lot of data – and until now, manufacturers and drivers are reluctant to do so.
This is where a set of cybersecurity and privacy standards will be important to ensure consumers in the safe dealing of their data. The former general inspector said that the government can then create a condition or incentives for manufacturers to exchange ride data and breakdowns.
Repetition system
The government may also want to set a standard of failure or repetition in the system – in other words, the safety features that will enter if the independent driver fails. For example, Volvo says its self -driving trucks have two brake systems so that the secondary brakes can stop the truck if the arterial system fails.
“What is supposed to happen when something happens?” He said. “Or when something happens, how do we guarantee that something else takes over?”
insurance
Another field that will need to be treated is responsibility and insurance.
“I think that the adoption of autonomous vehicles will require that those concerned not to bear the responsibility in non -car that works in humans,” Soskin said.
In the responsibility trial, jury may have to specify an compensation amount when a person is wrong in a collision.
“If the X is the number of responsibility that caused a person, and a hundred x is this number of the responsibility of independent vehicles, then this will serve as a great inhibitor of independence.” “So thinking about how to set the responsibility system that allows self -rule to move forward is important and perhaps important at the federal level.”
