Posted on 03/18/2025 7:33:01 AM PDT by lasereye
Major automakers and tech groups on Tuesday called on the Trump administration to take steps to speed deployment of self-driving cars, citing a number of regulatory hurdles.
The Alliance For Automotive Innovation, a group representing nearly all major automakers, Consumer Technology Association, Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association and other groups in a letter called on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to quickly implement a national performance-based framework and to assert the federal government's role as sole regulator of self-driving vehicle hardware and software.
"If the federal government fails to act to advance sensible AV policies we will cede our leadership in this economically crucial sector to China," the groups said.
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and to assert the federal government’s role as sole regulator of self-driving vehicle hardware and software.
Let the market find the winners. The federal government does a horrible job of picking winners, it just ends up in free-for-all fraud and eventual bankruptcy.
NO!
"You will own nothing and be happy."
Maybe my clients are starting to listen to me. The AV conversation has practically disappeared from the media in the last 12-18 months.
1. Keep the government out of it. If the public wants this, demand will drive it—no pun intended.
2. The problem with self-driving cars will always be the human element. Humans are unpredictable. If you would have highways full of self-driving cars, you will need to eliminate human-driven vehicles. I’m not ready for that loss of freedom.
I agree with you 💯.
“Self-Driving” cars will never happen.
Not because the technology won’t develop, but because the ambulance-chasing lawyers won’t let it.
First, there will be a huge decrease in accidents, which will piss off the ACLs.
Second, where to place the blame? If I buy a “Self-Driving” car, and I’m in the back seat, I’m certainly not going to be held liable for any accident. Do you think the manufacturers are going to take on that liability? No way.
So it all comes down to “No ‘Self-Driving’ cars because there’s nobody to sue!”
On principle, I oppose anything that we get scare claims we’ll lose out to China on if we don’t invest beyond the free market.
I believe nothing I read in Reuters so there is that .
These cars have ZERO business on public streets.
The snake oil behind all of this, is still going strong.
There cars are DECADES away from being ready... government should not be encouraging another round of insane snake oil on this tech.
Self driving is an 80/20 90/10 problem... Meaning 80-90% of the work will be in the last 10-20% of the problem.
It has taken 4 decades to solve 80ish percent of the problem... the remaining 10-20% is going to take many many more decades to resolve. The con men have had a field day bilking investors on self driving tech scams.. There is no reason the Government should be encouraging another bubble around this stuff.
I don’t want a self-driving car. I don’t want to be on the road with self-driving cars. I also don’t want cars flying over me or my home. Not every cool new tech is a good idea in the real world.
Start here...
From Forbes Worst Drivers ranked by city
Key Takeaways
The data Forbes Advisor collected and analyzed reveals clear trends about which cities have the most dangerous drivers.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, tops the list of cities with the worst drivers, followed by Memphis, Tennessee; Detroit, Michigan; Tucson, Arizona; and Kansas City, Missouri.
Three of the top 15 cities with the worst drivers are located in Texas, including Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio.
Three of the top 10 cities with the best drivers are located in California, including San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego.
Memphis, Tennessee has the highest number of fatal car accidents involving a drunk driver (7.5 per 100,000 city residents) and Albuquerque, New Mexico has the highest number of fatal car accidents involving a distracted driver (5.42 per 100,000 city residents).
Yes, the techies want to convince everyone we “need” another tech innovation we do not NEED.
It is never true that just because we can that we should.
The technology is the EASY part.
Agreed, not to mention the increased cost of the car and the extra maintenance cost when it breaks. NO THANKS!
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