Tag: Fully Automated Vehicle

Under New Rules, Drivers in Fully Automated Vehicles Won’t Be Responsible For Crashing

People using fully self-driving cars will not be responsible for any crashes under new proposed updates to The Highway Code, the government announced on April 20. However, motorists must be ready to take back control when requested by the vehicle. Early forms of commercially available automation are primed to enter the market within the next…


US Eliminates Human Controls Requirement for Fully Automated Vehicles

WASHINGTON—U.S. regulators on Thursday issued final rules eliminating the need for automated vehicle manufacturers to equip fully autonomous vehicles with manual driving controls to meet crash standards. Automakers and tech companies have faced significant hurdles to deploying automated driving system (ADS) vehicles without human controls because of safety standards written decades ago that assume people…