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California approves test of self-driving cars on public roads
"Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford (CARS), told Ars that the new rules could change how manufacturers proceed…
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When Driverless Cars Break the Law
"“Criminal law is going to be looking for a guilty mind, a particular mental state — should this person have known better?” Mr. Calo said. “If you’re not…
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Google Talking to Auto Makers About Self-Driving Car
"Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Automotive Research, said it can take up to six years to design and build a new car. Smi…
The Robot Car of Tomorrow May Just Be Programmed to Hit You
Suppose that an autonomous car is faced with a terrible decision to crash into one of two objects. It could swerve to the left and hit a Volvo sport utility veh…
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Products Liability and Driverless Cars
"Bryant Walker Smith writes that “commercial sellers’ growing information about, access to, and control over their products, product users, and product use…
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The Practical Path to Driverless Cars
""Google has a lot of data from its fleet," says Bryant Walker Smith, resident fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law Scho…
Driven To Gridlock: Driverless Cars
There’s a lot of talk about autonomous control vehicles, or cars that drive themselves. Charles Feldman talked with Stanford Law School expert Bryant Walker Smi…
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Experts See Autonomous-Car Revolution as Evolution
"Bryant Walker Smith, a researcher at Stanford University’s Center for Automotive Research and the Center for the Internet and Society at Stanford’s law sc…
A Legal Perspective on Three Misconceptions in Vehicle Automation
Watch the full video on YouTube. Bryant Walker Smith speaks as part of the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and Toyota's "Lead…
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Some lawmakers see sci-fi future in self-driving cars
"“There’s a real tension between fostering innovation ... and on the other hand protecting public safety,” said Bryant Walker Smith, who teaches and studie…
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Department of Transportation Unveils Crash-Prevention Technology
"Bryant Walker Smith, a fellow at the Center for Automotive Research at Stanford said with its ability to share data 10 times per second, including speed a…
What If Your Autonomous Car Keeps Routing You Past Krispy Kreme?
Cross-posted from The Atlantic. On a future road trip, your robot car decides to take a new route, driving you past a Krispy Kreme Doughnut shop. A pop-up wind…