autonomous cars: equivalent software driver in the US – Exam Information

In the US has just taken an important step in the proliferation of autonomous vehicles on the roads: The National Administration for Safety of Road Traffic (ANSTR) informed Google that the software acts as autopilot autonomous cars can be equated a driver of the flesh, without violation of federal laws.

the statement ANSTR comes in response to an application for the use of a car that needs no human driver, informs Reuters .

In the letter that was sent to Google, ANSTR made it clear that, where appropriate, will consider that the driver of the autonomous car is the software that drives the car and not the respective occupants. The official response signed by Paul Hemmersbaugh, leader ANSTR is still underlined in line with Google’s claims: “We agree with Google that there will be a driver in the traditional sense that cars had for the last 100 years”

the position taken by ANSTR can act as an important impetus to trials with autonomous cars, with a direction to the states that have not yet legislated matter and promoting standardization of the road code. In this factor adds another equally important:. Legal responsibility for what happens on the roads with autonomous vehicles

According to experts polled by Reuters, the position of the federal authorities give the ability for manufacturers car create systems for communicating directly with the platforms that control vehicles. The favorable response ANSTR only solves one of the major challenges of autonomous cars. As the US regulator noted, Google and other independent car manufacturers have yet to develop systems that allow compliance with some of the security requirements and standards that are valid for cars that have mechanisms controlled by humans.

in January, ANSTR informed that aims to speed up the review of road rules in order to promote the development of new vein of autonomous cars. The ANSTR provides review the highway codes in six months, but admitted dispense brands of cars of any requirement to increase the number of tests and encourage the development of this new trend.