The NHTSA said its previous rules are 'logically unnecessary' in light of new vehicles built with automation in mind.
“[NHTSA] acknowledges that uncertainty continues to exist around the development and potential deployment of ADS-equipped vehicles,” the agency said in a statement. “Nevertheless, NHTSA believes it is appropriate to finalize this action at this time in anticipation of emerging ADS vehicle designs that NHTSA has seen in prototype form.”
Regulators, both throughout the 155-page rule and in a statement afterward, tried to reassure the public these rules definitely would not come at the expense of public safety.“As the driver changes from a person to a machine in automated driving system [ADS]-equipped vehicles, the need to keep the humans safe remains the same and must be integrated from the beginning,” NHTSA Deputy Administrator Steven Cliff said in a statement. “With this rule, we ensure that manufacturers put safety first.
Nailing the safety question will be crucial for the AV development. A large swath of consumers are still generally on the fence. Nearly half of U.S. consumersbe safe. That figure was two percentage points lower than the previous year but a tick up from 2018. Not exactly a confidence boost.The rule changes come as a win for many autonomous vehicles companies frustrated with regulators’ previous language, but the NHTSA actually stooped short of accepting more radical changes proposed by Tesla.
“NHTSA does not agree with Tesla that it is necessary at this time that the definition for manually operated driving controls to account for the use of tablets or cell phones to control the vehicle,” NHTSA wrote. “The new definition is meant to encompass traditional driving controls, not future controls that have not yet been developed.”
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