Here's How Tesla Solves A Self-Driving Crash Dilemma
With very rare exceptions, automakers are famously coy about crash dilemmas. They don’t want to answer questions about how their self-driving cars would respon…
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Silicon Valley likes to "move fast and break things." What happens when it makes cars?
"“It's so easy to immediately focus on self-driving cars as the new and the scary and forget that every day 100 people die on the road,” Smith said. He…
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The road ahead: self-driving cars on the brink of a revolution in California
"But for others self-certification is “a very big leap”, said Ryan Calo, a law professor at University of Washington, who is arguing for independent audits…
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Internal Metrics Show How Often Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Need Human Help
"Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor and a member of the US Department of Transportation’s Advisory Committee on Automation i…
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Adding self-driving tech to your car is surprisingly cheap... and legal
"Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina who advises the NHTSA on autonomous car law, thinks drivers are within their legal ri…
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How a College Kid Made His Honda Civic Self-Driving for $700
"Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina, says that federal and state laws probably don’t pose much of a barrier to those…
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Congress Could Make Self-Driving Cars Happen—or Ruin Everything
"“I’d be wary of dramatic proposals that could create more problems than they solve,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an expert on autonomous vehicles at the Uni…
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Got a Self-Driving Car? Soon, No License Will Be Required
"“If there is no driver, there is no need for a driving license, just as the passenger in a taxi needs no license to get a ride,” Bryant Walker Smith, assi…
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The 2,578 Problems With Self-Driving Cars
"“Waymo’s report would seem to suggest substantial improvement,” says Bryant Walker-Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina. “But I’d want t…
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Experts: DMV reports reveal driverless cars still need humans at the helm
"“It’s a small glimpse into a small part of what a relatively small number of companies are doing,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a scholar with Stanford Law S…
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Google spin-off Waymo sees huge jump in self-driving safety: CEO John Krafcik
"Still, without knowing details of Waymo’s testing regimes, such as under what conditions the vehicles were tested, it’s impossible to say how close to com…
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Bill would slap steep fines on self-driving cars without permits
"“The bill itself is a reasonable step to reinforce existing law,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina and expert…