Yesterday California's DMV published a revised set of draft regulations to govern the testing of driverless cars-or autonomous vehicles if you prefer. This set of regulations allows something the previous set did not: the testing of cars without a driver inside. The...
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Driverless Car Coalition to Push Feds for Regs
Google's self-driving car division has formed a coalition with automakers and ride-share companies to push the federal government to adopt a uniform set of laws governing autonomous vehicles. The group includes Google, Lyft, Uber, Ford and Volvo.David Strickland, the...
Google Seeks Special Driverless Car Agency
Instead of waiting for new regulations that will make way for self-driving cars on US roads, Google wants the government to create a new Federal-level authority that could review the company's self-driving cars and give it special permissions for deployment.Google's...
Driverless Cars Clear Major U.S. Hurdle
Reuters is reporting that U.S. regulators at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have concluded that the artificial intelligence behind autonomous vehicles may be considered a "driver" for purposes of United States law. In a letter to Google from...
Half of California Driver’s Licenses Issued to Undocumented Residents
According to the Los Angeles Times, an estimated 605,000 licenses were issued last year under Assembly Bill 60, the measure passed last year that grants the right to a California driver's license to people in the country illegally. The figure accounts for almost half...
Obama Proposes $4B for Driverless Cars
Yesterday the Obama administration proposed spending almost $4 billion to speed the development of autonomous vehicles. The proposal, which requires Congressional approval, would fund regulatory efforts to have officials work with automakers to come up with...
Feds: “One Drink” Legal Limit and No Cell Phones
The National Transportation Safety Board would like to decrease the legal driving limit to one drink, lowering the legal limit on blood-alcohol content to 0.05 "or even lower." The agency released its "most wanted list" on Wednesday, an annual wish list of...
“0INK” Vanity Plate Butchered by High Court
The "0INK" vanity plate battle waged by Indiana police officer Rodney Vawter has come to an end-at least for now. We previously reported on Officer Vawters's efforts of to keep his vanity plate "0INK"-a tongue-in-cheek reference to his job. The Chicago Tribune reports...
California Eliminates Bail in Traffic Cases
Bail in traffic cases has long been a bone of contention between defense attorneys and superior courts. Here's how it works.A motorist gets a speeding ticket and wants to fight it. She goes down to the courthouse to request a trial, and the clerk tells her she must...
DUI Drivers in Colorado Slow to Catch On
DUI drivers in Colorado have been slow to catch on to the state's new felony DUI law, which made fourth offense DUIs a felony in the Centennial State beginning last month.The story of David Randall Nance is typical of DUI drivers in Colorado arrested under the new...
