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Insight: Tesla Drives on Autopilot Through Regulatory Limbo
NTSB also says NHTSA does not have any method to verify whether carmakers have adopted system safeguards. For example, there are no federal regulations requirin…
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INSIGHT-Tesla drives on Autopilot through a regulatory grey zone
"NHTSA is drafting rules on autonomous vehicles, but it has been slow to regulate semi-autonomous vehicles," said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor…
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A New York Lawmaker Wants to Ban Police Use of Armed Robots
“The goal for any kind of technology should be harm reduction and de-escalation,” says Peter Asaro, a roboticist and professor at the School of Media Studies at…
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Tesla Tells Two Stories About Self-Driving Vehicle Timeline
Bryant Walker Smith, an autonomous vehicle law expert at the University of South Carolina, described the Tesla emails as "cringe-worthy." He said &quo…
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Tesla’s Autopilot Technology Faces Fresh Scrutiny
Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina who has advised the federal government on automated driving, said it was important to devel…
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Tracking NHTSA's "Driverless Vehicle" Rule
March 30, 2020: NHTSA proposes changing certain federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS) for certain automated vehicles.January 8, 2021: Elaine Chao annou…
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Trump left a ‘massive’ traffic-safety mess for Biden. Item one: Tesla’s self-driving claims
”Inactive,” is how Carla Bailo, president of the Center for Automotive Research, summed up NHTSA’s four previous years. “Dormant,” said Jason Levine, executive…
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Gearing up: Automated driving technology experts offer advice, anticipation for future
Automation generally will touch every aspect of the law, according to University of South Carolina law professor and automated driving expert Bryant Walker Smit…
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Tesla 'full self-driving' comes under fire: 'This is actively misleading people'
Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who studies autonomous vehicles, said it was bad enough that Tesla was using the term “Autopil…
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Tesla ‘full self-driving’ vehicles can’t drive themselves
Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor who studies autonomous vehicles, said it was bad enough that Tesla was using the term “Autopil…
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Amazon imagines a world where you pay with your hand. Privacy experts aren’t so sure.
“There’s always something about the physical that catches our attention,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an associate law professor at the University of South Caroli…
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Uber self-driving car operator charged in pedestrian death
Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law who studies autonomous vehicles, expressed concern about the signal it sends…