WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House panel on Tuesday will hear calls for requiring new safeguards as part of any effort to speed the adoption of self-driving cars on U.S. roads.
At the same hearing, groups representing automakers and tech companies will tout benefits of autonomous vehicles and warn the United States risks falling behind China and others without new legal backing. U.S. lawmakers have been divided for years over what consumer and legal protections should be added to any self-driving legislation.
Jeffrey Tumlin, director of transportation for San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency will tell the Energy and Commerce subcommittee that Congress should require manufacturers to include event data recorders in autonomous vehicles to “preserve all information from sensors before a collision.”
Tumlin’s written testimony, reviewed by Reuters, adds Congress should “ensure that every safety incident involving an autonomous vehicle is documented in a national…
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