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New Book: Road Vehicle Automation
Road Vehicle Automation, which was inspired by the Transportation Research Board's eponymous 2013 workshop at Stanford, collects a variety of public, privat…
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How to Make Driverless Cars Behave
"“I’ve been telling them that, at this very early stage, what’s important isn’t so much nailing down the right answers to difficult ethical dilemmas, but t…
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Europe demands driverless cars be driveable
""In contrast the European Union has looked at automation much more broadly in the context of economic development and mobility," Smith notes, &q…
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How Google got states to legalize driverless cars
"Bryant Walker Smith, who teaches the law of self-driving cars as a fellow at Stanford University, described one rule-drafting session where Google — not t…
Evan Selinger - Hearsay Culture Show #214 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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Rules for Self-Driving Cars in Legal Gray Area
""They're probably legal already, and that's true in pretty much most states," said Bryant Walker Smith, a legal expert and fellow at the…
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UAVs in civil
English translation: "The National Commission for Data Protection ( CNIL ) does not sound the tocsin against civilian drones, but it intends to encourage t…
Adapting the Vehicle to a New Society: How Will Shifting Attitudes and Vehicle Technology Change the Way We Drive?
The automobile has proven to be one of the most popular and transformational transport technologies ever. Now, however, slightly more than a century after its i…
Prof. Ryan Calo and Woodrow Hartzog - Hearsay Culture Show #213 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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Something Interesting in California's New Automated Vehicle Testing Rule
After a great deal of careful work, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) today released its final rule for the testing of "autonomous vehicles…
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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…