The U.S. agency NHTSA wants to revise safety rules for autonomous driving.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA for short, is a sub-agency of the U.S. Department of Transportation and has traditionally been autonomous driving positive across from. But the development has recently lost momentum, so have been requirements loudly, new guidelines should be developed to accelerate research.
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The agency announced yesterday that there will be major changes to the safety requirements for autonomous driving in the United States. The aim is to meet the demand for faster development.
In this way, new safety standards are to be established, with which one could do without the on-board personnel in the vehicles. As is customary, the proposal is now available and can be commented on by the public. It is hoped that this will promote the protection of people on the one hand and the development of vehicles on the other.
The proposals include guidelines for occupant protection, steering control, glazing materials, door locks, seat systems, side impact protection, rollover protection and anchor systems for child restraint systems.
There are no rules for the conventional rules, but as long as the technology is not really ready to be used, the most important goal is to remove the obstacles to innovation and still guarantee the protection of passengers.
Meanwhile, the manufacturer is waiting General Motors still on his Exemption for the operation of autonomous vehicles. Permitting vehicles without a steering wheel and brake is not provided. Still, the startup has Nuro for its autonomous Delivery vehicles already received an operating license.
About David Fluhr
I have been writing about autonomous & connected driving since 2011 and also report on other sites, such as the Smart Mobility Hub. I studied social sciences at HU Berlin and have been an independent journalist since 2012. Contact: mail@autonomes-fahren.de