My previous post on the House and Senate automated driving bills (HB 3388 and SB 1885) concluded by noting that, in addition to the federal government, states a…
Bills being considered by Congress deserve our attention—but not our full attention. To wit: When it comes to safety-related regulation of automated driving, ex…
How Governments Can Promote Automated Driving recommended that governments conduct "legal audits" to "identify and analyze every statute and regu…
Uber is testing its self-proclaimed “self-driving” vehicles on California roads without complying with the testing requirements of California’s automated drivin…
With today's announcement, the US Department of Transportation is enthusiastically embracing automated driving -- It's saying that self-driving vehicles…
Michigan's Senate will soon consider, and I'm told will likely pass, several bills related to automated driving. SB 995, 996, 997, and 998 are now out o…
My recently completed article presents steps that governments can take now to encourage the development, deployment, and use of automated road vehicles. After p…
In the spirit of the New Year, and especially in the wake of California's draft rules for the (theoretical) operation of automated motor vehicles, I offer t…
From my students at the University of South Carolina: Cyber Attacks and Civil Liability Call for Panelists and Papers Panelist Proposals Deadline: 12/18/1…
There's recently been some great reporting and advocacy regarding the legal status of the software running modern motor vehicles. Here are a few academic pe…
An interesting article in last week’s Wall Street Journal spawned a series of unfortunate headlines (in a variety of publications) suggesting that Tesla had som…
Earlier this week, the Associated Press reported on several past crashes involving automated vehicles. (Per SAE Standard J3016, I use the term "automated v…