Driverless Cars: Technology & Regulation

https://www.RegProject.org | The progression of driverless car technology towards widespread availability has raised a number of important questions. How should policymakers balance safety and innovation when regulating the technology? How should the technology’s potentially life-changing impact on the disabled community be taken into account? Do we need national standards, or should states be left to regulate the technology as they see fit? In this Fourth Branch video, experts and advocates discuss these questions and more.

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Differing Views:

“Setting the Right Course for Self-Driving Cars” https://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2017/03/06/setting_the_right_course_for_self-driving_cars.html

“Driverless cars give hope to blind – are automakers onboard?”
https://apnews.com/article/02cf7e83ead84493be10ad0dec745151

“Automakers Must Deliver on the Promise of Self-Driving Car Technology”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/30/opinion/self-driving-car-accessibility.html

“Fast & Furious: The Misregulation of Driverless Cars”
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2819473

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