"Still, there are some questions about the clarity of the language in SB 995 and , according to Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor of law and engineering at the University of South Carolina and a scholar at Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. “The language is so unclear that I can’t even say what it actually does,” Smith said in an email, adding that while the final laws did change they are “still a mess.”
The big takeaway from these auto industry-backed bills—questionable language aside—is that it shows at least one major automaker is close enough to deploying a driverless taxi service in a limited area that it is already investing resources in enacting an explicit legal framework for that service, Smith said in an email exchange Thursday. “That’s exciting,” he added."
- Date Published:12/09/2016
- Original Publication:Fortune